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Affirmative Action is Necessary

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President Lyndon Baines Johnson said it best in 1965 and his words ring true in 2008:

"But freedom is not enough. You do not wipe away the scars of centuries by saying: Now you are free to go where you want, and do as you desire, and choose the leaders you please.
You do not take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say, "you are free to compete with all the others," and still justly believe that you have been completely fair.
Thus it is not enough just to open the gates of opportunity. All our citizens must have the ability to walk through those gates.
This is the next and the more profound stage of the battle for civil rights. We seek not just freedom but opportunity. We seek not just legal equity but human ability, not just equality as a right and a theory but equality as a fact and equality as a result."

The essence of affirmative action is opportunity and the need to keep the doors of opportunity open to disadvantaged women and minorities remains today.

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"We Need Affirmative Action" AAAA

• Affirmative Action is Necessary
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• Diversity is a Compelling State Interest
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• Discrimination Continues to Exist
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• To End Racism We Must Take Account of Race
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• Eliminating Race Does Not Benefit Whites
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• Opponents Mis-Characterize Affirmative Action
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• Dr. Martin Luther King Would Have Supported Affirmative Action
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• The Changing Demographics Call for Affirmative Action
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"Affirmative Action is Divisive" Center for Equal Opportunity

• Only Kind of “Affirmative Action” at Issue is Racial Discrimination
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• The Only Issue is Whether the Benefits Outweigh the Costs
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• The Two Claimed Benefits of Affirmative Discrimination Not Persuasive
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• There Are Many Undeniable Costs to the Use of Racial Preferences
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• Envision the Society We Want/Ask if Preferences Will Help Us Get There
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"We Have To Think for Ourselves" Brandon Brice

• The Equal Opportunity Act Was Not About “Quotas”
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• The Bigger Picture of What’s Wrong With Black America
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• Lack of Preparation
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"Definitely" BAMN

• As Long as Racism and Sexism Exist, Affirmative Action is Still Needed
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• GPA and Standardized Test Scores are NOT Neutral Measures of Merit
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• Racism is the Cause of the "Badge of Inferiority"
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• Banning Affirmative Action Resegregates Higher Education
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• How to Keep Our Nation on the Path to Equality
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"Moving Beyond Race and Gender" Jennifer Gratz

• Equal Opportunity for All
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• The Constitutionality of Affirmative Action
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• Our National Tragedy
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