Affirmative Action Corrects Wrongs from Your Lifetime, Not Ancient History.

Valerie Alexander
6 min readJul 10, 2023
The front of the Supreme Court Building, including the West Pediment.
The front of the Supreme Court Building, including the West Pediment.

The Supreme Court of the United States gutted the use of race-based Affirmative Action in college admissions.

In short…it’s despicable.

They must not have read the words on their own building.

Instead of diving into historical facts and data about wealth and education gaps, I want to share a very personal story and observation.

When I was in the 7th…

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Valerie Alexander

Keynote Speaker. Author. Formerly a tech CEO, VP Biz Dev, IPO lawyer, i-banker and horse wrangler. Writes Christmas movies for Hallmark. SpeakHappiness.com