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<p>A form of affirmative action after the depression, during the war, and after the war helped create the middle class as we know it today. It was discrimanatory in some respects because many people of color and women to a much lesser extent, could not benefit from the policies set in place for others to capitalize on. The wealth created from those policies continue to be perpetuated to this day.</p>
<p>I’m sure many of the civil service members here in our town that have the opportunity to have a job which gives many a significant living wage, promotes home ownership, the ability to live in vibrant communities, build wealth, send their children to college, and for the most part have their socio-economic, quality of life and standard of living factors well above the state and national avg much less their ancestors would agree with you.</p>