Do We Still Need Affirmative Action?

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America is becoming more and more a multiracial, multiethnic society.  Moreover, individual Americans are themselves becoming increasingly multiethnic and multiracial.  In such a country, can we tolerate a legal regime that categorizes people according to skin color and what country their ancestors came from--and then treats some better and others worse on that account?  Of course not

The longer we have preferential treatment, the more entrenched it will become and the more it will reinforce stereotypes (people will ask, why are we giving a preference to African Americans and Latinos unless there is something wrong with “those people”?).  Affirmative discrimination makes mutual respect more difficult, becomes more divisive as America become increasingly multiethnic, and feeds a vicious circle of failure and victim-mentality among those groups supposedly being benefited.  The time to end affirmative discrimination is now.

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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 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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"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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