Key civil rights groups blast Supreme Court for reversing affirmative action

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : In a shorter statement, the former president acknowledged that, as a policy, "affirmative action wasn't perfect.
53% :"Affirmative action was a commonly embraced policy because it served as a check on an admission process that was rife with racism, nepotism, and favoritism for generations," Sharpton said in a statement.
47% : Supreme Court limits affirmative action in college admissionsAmerica's leading civil rights organizations condemned the conservative-dominated Supreme Court for ending affirmative action programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina on Thursday, with one top group accusing the high court of turning back the clock on the nation's history of racial progress.

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