![In those days [1955], affirmative action was for whites only. I might still be working for the grocery store in the small Texas town where I grew up were it not for affirmative action for Southern white boys.](/assets/img/quote-photos/in-those-days-1955-affirmative-action-was-for-whites-only-i-might-still-be-wo.jpg)
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