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Chris Bodenner, The Atlantic: Education
Thu, 01/07/2016 - 6:26pm

A reader writes: I’m a female black professional who, by any objective measure, earned spots in honors programs and a well-regarded university for graduate school. While I would not say I have been “shamed” by affirmative action, as one reader suggests, the practice has at various points intensified my experience of impostor syndrome.

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