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Affirmative Action

There are thousands of examples of situations where people of color, white

women, and working class women and men of all races who were previously excluded

from jobs or educational opportunities, or were denied opportunities once admitted, have

gained access through affirmative action. When these policies received executive branch

and judicial support, vast numbers of people of color, white women and men have gained

access they would not otherwise have had. These gains have led to very real changes.

Affirmative action programs have not eliminated racism, nor have they always been

implemented without problems. However, there would be no struggle to roll back the

gains achieved if affirmative action policies were ineffective. Affirmative action is not

about opening opportunities for unqualified individuals, but instead is designed to

increase the number of qualified applicants for employment, no......

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