If affirmative action means what I just described, what I'm for, then I'm for it.
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- What does it mean?
- The speaker supports affirmative action if it aligns with their understanding of it.
- In plain terms
- I support affirmative action if it means what I think it means.
- What can you take from it?
- Support affirmative action conditionally.
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- What does affirmative action mean to you?
Another view
Definitions of affirmative action vary widely.
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