Select one of the vignettes that Sotomayor writes in her memoir that you believe was most effective in conveying her emotional reaction to the advantages or disadvantages of affirmative action programs that benefited Hispanic students like herself. Over the next ten years, what policy, if any, do you think the federal government should pursue to foster the achievement of the American Dream among a subgroup(s) of citizens? What type of program do you think would be appropriate to implement this policy? Please provide some details, not a generalization like there should be less inequality by race, gender, income, etc., so that this becomes a practical argument, not a moral argument.

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