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| Yes | 57% | 952 votes | Total: 1684 votes | |
| No | 43% | 732 votes |
Yes
Created on: June 04, 2007
Affirmative action is fair, in the context of which it has been applied. But like anything else that
Created on: October 14, 2011 Last Updated: October 15, 2011
Affirmative Action is a complicated issue to which opinions vary among the masses. Affirmative
Created on: April 14, 2008
Affirmative action was the answer for ensuring racial equality in America. Institutional racism and
Created on: February 11, 2008
It is often argued that affirmative action is no longer necessary because society has changed. One can
Created on: July 11, 2009
Affirmative action is nothing more then a tool. Its primary function is to give opportunity to those
Created on: December 22, 2009
Many would continuously argue that affirmative action does nothing, but create reverse discrimination
by Geri Jasper
Created on: June 04, 2007
The concept of FAIR exists only in context. It compares two things and makes a judgment of parity. So,
Created on: October 16, 2009
Affirmative action does not truly exist in America anymore, unless it is ordered by the courts or the
by Jesse Lyman
Created on: January 13, 2010
Is affirmative action fair? Well lets see now. We had people being hunted down and herded onto boats
Created on: July 07, 2008
Questions like this one have me laughing at my life on this strange world.
The existence of affirmative
by Toni Doswell
Created on: August 11, 2008 Last Updated: May 23, 2012
When you take an intrinsic look deep into the heart of the African American society, you will see pain,
by James D.
Created on: December 11, 2010
Affirmative Action should not be regarded as race-based because it discriminates race, or sex-based
Created on: March 05, 2008
Over the years, I have heard people talk about affirmative action. Some people are saying that it is
Created on: June 04, 2007 Last Updated: April 05, 2008
Is Affirmative Action (heretofore referred to as AA) fair? Yes, but not just in my opinion. According
by E. B. Smith
Created on: May 10, 2009
Ride pass any major construction or road project's surrounding the major city and you will notice that
Created on: March 11, 2009
Have you ever dreamed of a society where one looks past your race and or gender? Where everyone has
Created on: June 04, 2007
Even with affirmative action, African-Americans and other minorities are often in a position where they
by PC Marks
Created on: April 17, 2008
The Civil Rights movement began on December 1, 1955, when Rosa Parks refused to cooperate with a segregation
Created on: May 10, 2009 Last Updated: May 25, 2009
Is affirmative action fair? The better question would be why was affirmative action even deemed necessary:
by Kamryn Adams
Created on: July 06, 2009
Let's get one thing straight. Life is not fair. The word "fair" is a subjective term used to equate
No
Created on: July 06, 2010 Last Updated: July 24, 2010
In the 1960s, a qualified candidate for a job could very easily be denied the position based solely
by Gary Betts
Created on: October 26, 2007 Last Updated: July 18, 2011
Affirmative action is nothing more than a vehicle where lazy people, who happen to be part of a minority,
Created on: November 15, 2008 Last Updated: December 29, 2008
Affirmative Action is not, and has never been a fair means of initiating diversity in any environment.
Created on: September 10, 2009 Last Updated: September 16, 2009
Affirmative action is not fair because of the emphasis placed on race and sex as opposed to achievement.
by Danielle Lee
Created on: September 21, 2007
I believe that affirmative action is an antiquated (implemented in 1964, and has been reformed in Supreme
by Kim Remesch
Created on: March 18, 2009 Last Updated: March 22, 2009
If your house were on fire and you called the local fire department, or if you had a burglar breaking
by Beth Staiano
Created on: May 21, 2009
"When affirmative action was first introduced by President John F. Kennedy in 1961, it was a necessary
Created on: January 13, 2010
There is a time and a place for everything. Affirmative action is no different in this respect.
by Sora Ryu
Created on: September 11, 2009
Affirmative action was has been used by businesses and universities to diversify the student body and
by Ted Sherman
Created on: June 04, 2007
At the time it first appeared, nearly 50 years ago, affirmative action was not only fair, it was necessary.
by Ian Campbell
Created on: July 05, 2008
The human quest for individuality has been the motivating force behind mankind's rise to new heights;
by Timothy Lee
Created on: October 28, 2007
Affirmative action is government sponsored and publicly accepted prejudice. It is not a necessarily
Created on: April 17, 2008 Last Updated: June 25, 2008
Affirmative action is not fair. It is not fair to say that one race deserves something simply because
by Mick Marten
Created on: October 11, 2007 Last Updated: November 27, 2008
When Dr. Martin Luther King said,"We shall overcome", the implication was that there was a barrier set
Created on: July 18, 2007
In higher education, some states have been known to use racial quotas in their college admissions process.
Created on: October 26, 2008
Affirmative Action is a federal program that when it was created may have had some good intentions,
by Blah McBlah
Created on: February 11, 2008
Back in the days of Jim Crow, cross burnings and flagrant displays of racism (some of your Grandparents
Created on: September 17, 2007
My mother once worked as a secretary for the FBI, and she was asked to help one day with sorting out
by Te Ora
Created on: November 13, 2008
Do away with Affirmative Action altogether!
There is a Black President in the White House now, that is
Created on: June 04, 2007
Affirmative action always brings four words to mind: "Irish need not apply." The Chinese were used as