Affirmative Action

Affirmative Action, should it still exist?

Johanna Jacobs, a columnist, for the San Jose Mercury News wrote an articles questioning, do women really need affirmative action in today’s working environment? In her article she concludes that affirmative action is not needed for women. She goes on to say that a women successfulness or unsuccessfulness depends not on race or gender but on their wealth of education. I strongly disagree with Johanna Jacobs article. I feel that affirmative action is still needed by women, greatly. There are numerous amounts of reasons but I’ve chosen three to back me up. The first reason is the racism is not just a word of the past for every one it can still exist. Second, some women are still at a disadvantage in the work place, compared to men. Finally, affirmative action has had such a positive affect on past generation, the legacy should continue.
Unfortunately, racism can still play a big part in our society today, especially Corporate A...