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Table of Contents

1) Introduction

2) Public Support

3) White's lose out?

4) Advancement

5) Discrimination

6) Self-Esteem

7) Social Engineering

8) Equal Opportunities

9) Progress

10) Color Blind

11) Preferential Selection

12) Conclusion

13) Bibliography

Introduction

Affirmative action is one of the most widely debated social policies ever brought about by the American government. The biggest problems facing affirmative action and its constituents are the attitudes of its opposition. These attitudes come from a long history of racism that has been passed on from generation to generation. They also stem from lack of education and lack of understanding of the way affirmative action effects the people involved emotionally, financially, and in status. Affirmative action is a policy implemented in order to artificially install equality between white males and minorities over time. Affirmative action cannot be expected to cure the problems......

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