You know and I know that this affirmative action program is a crock.

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As far as what political agenda he means, Lobach says he isn't sure, but says maybe an aggressive affirmative action program.

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Yet critics say the affirmative-action program promotes inter-caste resentment as India's 1.2 billion people compete for too few jobs.

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There, the justices are weighing whether the University of Texas' affirmative-action program, which the school says can give an edge to some minority applicants, violates the 14th Amendment's equal-protection clause.

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Mr. Najib had launched a series of economic and social overhauls before the election, rolling back parts of a decades-old affirmative-action program designed to raise incomes among the generally poorer ethnic-Malay majority.

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For instance, Thomas opposes affirmative action, the very program that his critics insist was solely responsible for his admission into Yale Law School.

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