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Preferential affirmative action patronizes American blacks, women, and others by presuming that they cannot succeed on their own. Preferential affirmative action does not advance civil rights in this country.

Alan Keyes

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Alan Keyes
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: August 7
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