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Michelle Obama speaks about how affirmative action personally affected her college life
Politico ^ | 06/23/2023 | Lucy Hodgman

Posted on 11/22/2023 5:08:09 PM PST by simpson96

Former first lady Michelle Obama spoke out about the Supreme Court’s Thursday ruling against affirmative action, recalling her own struggle to feel a sense of belonging as one of the few Black students at her university.

“So often, we just accept that money, power, and privilege are perfectly justifiable forms of affirmative action, while kids growing up like I did are expected to compete when the ground is anything but level,” Michelle Obama wrote in her statement. “So today, my heart breaks for any young person out there who’s wondering what their future holds — and what kinds of chances will be open to them.”

The former first lady recalled her experience as one of the few Black students on campus during her undergraduate years at Princeton University, explaining that she sometimes questioned if people assumed she had only been accepted because of affirmative action policies. But over time, she said, she and other students of color showed that they, too, belonged in elite academic environments.

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1 posted on 11/22/2023 5:08:09 PM PST by simpson96
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To: simpson96

...here, at Princeton. STFU, Mike.


2 posted on 11/22/2023 5:10:09 PM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: simpson96

Definitely promoted beyond her abilities.


3 posted on 11/22/2023 5:10:52 PM PST by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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To: simpson96

Barely literate.


4 posted on 11/22/2023 5:14:51 PM PST by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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To: simpson96

So discriminate against whites and Asians to put token blacks and muslims in our universities? We figured that both you and barack were given an advantage over other deserving students.

barack was a “B” student in high school. No way he gets into an Ivy League school without playing poor victim.


5 posted on 11/22/2023 5:14:53 PM PST by boycott
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To: simpson96

Yes- it is believed that you attended Princeton via affirmative action. Own it.


6 posted on 11/22/2023 5:15:11 PM PST by samadams2000
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To: simpson96

“So often, we just accept that money, power, and privilege are perfectly justifiable forms of affirmative action”

Damn! Big Mike is walking down Barry’s memory lane.


7 posted on 11/22/2023 5:16:48 PM PST by hardspunned (Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
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To: simpson96

Her senior thesis is available for reading.

She did not belong at Princeton or Harvard.

https://www.politico.com/story/2008/02/michelle-obama-thesis-was-on-racial-divide-008642


8 posted on 11/22/2023 5:17:53 PM PST by EEGator
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YOU UNGRATEFUL WITCH!! YOU GOT INTO PRINCETON BECAUSE YOU WERE BLACK!!


9 posted on 11/22/2023 5:19:45 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: simpson96
Michelle Obama did not get accepted to Princeton University,because of affirmative action. She got in because she had Chicago political connections from the Democrat Party.

To be an affirmative action admit to Princeton University back in the day ( not valid these days - morons get admits.) you still had to have a lot going for you, even if you would never make it in without the affirmative action card.

You were second tier but still quite impressive

Michelle Obama received a back door admit given to the well connected who made it in because they had connections , not qualifications. The people who got this type of admit were generally very unqualified and very unimpressive

10 posted on 11/22/2023 5:21:17 PM PST by rdcbn1
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Deep State Media cracks open the door on Michelle’s campaign— set to go when Demtjoe steps aside.

The memes will be spectacular 😂


11 posted on 11/22/2023 5:22:36 PM PST by IncPen ("Inside of every progressive is a Totalitarian screaming to get out" ~ David Horowitz)
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To: simpson96

Without AA she would have never been admitted to Princeton. Nor Harvard Law. I always reference Christopher Hitchens review of her Princeton thesis: he tried to read it but it was not written in any known language.


12 posted on 11/22/2023 5:23:21 PM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man)
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To: simpson96

Some people go through their whole life with a chip on their shoulder. It is a poor way to live your life.


13 posted on 11/22/2023 5:26:25 PM PST by alternatives?
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To: simpson96

You forgot the “barf” alert.


14 posted on 11/22/2023 5:27:00 PM PST by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: simpson96

STFU, Mikey.


15 posted on 11/22/2023 5:27:53 PM PST by dadgum (Enough!)
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To: gundog
Worth repeating

...here, at Princeton. STFU, Mike.

16 posted on 11/22/2023 5:28:02 PM PST by Moleman
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To: simpson96

As a Transgender life was hard on Big Mike.


17 posted on 11/22/2023 5:29:09 PM PST by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: simpson96
Dat beotch ain't nevah happy.

18 posted on 11/22/2023 5:29:19 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: simpson96

now let’s talk about the foreign aid that barry soetero aka obama received to go to college...


19 posted on 11/22/2023 5:30:53 PM PST by imabadboy99
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“…while kids growing up like I did are expected to compete when the ground is anything but level,” Michelle Obama wrote in her statement
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Jeez, self-awareness is clearly not one of Big Mike’s strengths.


20 posted on 11/22/2023 5:31:20 PM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAo prou)
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