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Presidential candidates react to Supreme Court’s Harvard, UNC affirmative action ruling

Marianne Williamson

Marianne Williamson announces her candidacy for president at Union Station East Hall in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, March 4, 2023.
Marianne Williamson announces her candidacy for president at Union Station East Hall in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, March 4, 2023. | YouTube/Marianne Williamson

Democrat presidential hopeful and bestselling author Marianne Williamson emailed a statement to supporters and the media denouncing the Supreme Court's decision.

“Today’s Supreme Court decision barring affirmative action in college admissions is an unfortunate step backward in America’s commitment to social justice. But the deeper problem is that such programs should have ever been necessary to begin with,” Williamson said.

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“Systemic racism begins in early childhood in the United States, and dealing with it there is how we will override the deepening racial injustices only exacerbated by today’s decision. Unequal opportunity in childhood education is where the problem begins and where we will ultimately solve it.”

Williamson went on to say that her “commitment is to radically increase America’s commitment to every American child — to make every public school a palace of learning, culture and the arts.”

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