• Law School,  Legal Practice

    Affirmative Action, Feminism, & Me

    In 2003, I was in high school, when the Supreme Court decided Grutter v. Bollinger--a case discussing race as a factor in college admissions.  I remember being in my AP government class with a conservative, white, male teacher who didn’t hold back on how incorrect it was to take race into account. And so most students agreed with him. The class was small, maybe 12. I remember only one or two students, aside from me being in support of Affirmative Action.  I remember, a white girl next to me who made a crying sound, implying that students of color complaining about diversity were being whiny babies.  I was the only…