Meet Real People Affected by Affirmative Action

How has affirmative action worked in practice? Here are real-life stories of how affirmative action has opened the doors of opportunity and what this access has meant to real people's lives, workplaces, schools, and communities.

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Anica McKesey: University of California Los Angeles

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Matthew Kaczmarek: University of California Los Angeles

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Jasmin Thana: University of Oregon

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Jesse Olivarí: University of Colorado-Boulder

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Christina Hollenback: alum, University of Michigan

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Avani Kothary-University of Michigan

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Diane Gross-Lawyers' Commitee for Civil Rights

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Karen Narasaki-NAPALC

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L'Heureux Lewis-University of Michigan

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Lia Epperson-NAACP LDF

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Guy Johnson-Boalt Hall, University of California-Berkeley

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Leo Grandison-University of California-Santa Cruz

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Jo'ie Taylor-United States Student Association

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Gloria Reina Bowen-University of Florida

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Marisa Demeo-MALDEF

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Luis Alfonso Torres-Georgetown University

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Adam Bailey

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Nicholas Centino

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Jackie Bray

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