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Barbara Lee's public fundraising deadline is tomorrow and she's falling $45,000 short of her critically important goal. Please read her important message below and chip in $5 to power her progressive campaign to victory:
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BREAKING: Supreme Court strikes down college affirmative action programs
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John, my family and I have been shut out from opportunities for generations because of the color of our skin.
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When my parents were growing up, they couldn't even drink from the same water fountain as their white peers. And as a teenager, I had to work with the NAACP just to earn my spot as my high school's first Black cheerleader.
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Our country has come so far, but people of color continue to face unfair barriers due to systemic racism – in every sector from employment to housing to education. So I won't sugar coat it, John: Today our movement for progress took a major step backward with the Supreme Court ruling to effectively end affirmative action.
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This decision will have a disastrous impact on millions of young people of color, who face significant barriers to accessing higher education in a country that shut out non-white students for generations.
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It's painfully clear that the ultraconservative members of the Court are hell-bent on preventing us from building a more equal, free country. But I refuse to give up hope: I've spent my entire life fighting to advance racial justice, and if I'm elected to the U.S. Senate I will continue to push our country forward.
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I have the passion, track record and experience required to lead a movement for progress in the Senate – but I need your support to get there. I'm trailing in the polls and my opponents are out-raising me, so I have to ask: Will you chip in $5 today before my fundraising numbers go public to help me win this race and continue fighting for racial equality?
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This fight isn’t over yet, and in the words of Justice Sonia Sotomayor in her dissenting opinion, "We shall overcome." Because I refuse to give up hope, [firstname]: I've spent my entire life fighting to advance racial justice, and if I'm elected to the U.S. Senate I will continue to push our country forward.
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Together we'll overcome those who stand in opposition to racial equity. Thanks for supporting my movement for progress.
– Barbara Lee
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