Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has stated before that he struggled to find work as a lawyer after graduating from Yale Law School, since many of the law firms he interviewed with believed he had received special treatment on the basis of his race to be admitted to the school and graduate. This is an example of the negative effects of which policy?

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Justice Clarence Thomas's struggle to find work due to the assumption of special treatment based on race is an example of the negative effects of affirmative action policies. Affirmative action policies attempt to address past discrimination by favoring groups that have been historically disadvantaged, but they can also lead to discrimination and assumptions of special treatment based on race or other protected factors.

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