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Antonin Scalia: Race-conscious programs, I am going to quote him now, are 'racial entitlement.'

On the recordSeptember 3, 2018
Race-conscious programs, I am going to quote him now, are 'racial entitlement.'
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Antonin Scalia

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Scalia describes race-conscious programs as unjustified entitlements.

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