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The Problem with Affirmative Action

Affirmative action is a controversial subject. While some support the view by suggesting that it helps to level the playing field, the opposing view promotes that such programs are unfair. The point is that affirmative action is something that will not be settled just as the abortion dilemma will always have two sides. While the ideas behind affirmative action is perhaps ideal, it has dangerous implications that white males have experienced. Although affirmative action tries to level the playing field, it is not fair.

Affirmative action does not include the ever-changing face of the average American. No longer are people black or white. There is more and more intermarriage and in effect, offspring surface who cannot describe themselves as one race or another.
Also, most people go against the concept. Americans oppose racial preference in most every form, and ...

Posted by: Geraint Watts

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