June 24, 2003
Why Affirmative Action is still needed.
By Byron LaMasters
I agree wholeheartedly with this part of today's Daily Texan editorial:
If we're ever to eliminate race conscious admissions policies we need to improve K-12 education. Right now, too many schools are not providing a sound education and most of those schools are in poor school districts, many of which are predominately Hispanic and black communities. The state must prepare for the day affirmative action becomes illegal and there's no quick-fix like race-conscious admissions policies to help get more minority students into selective colleges.
My position on affirmative action is that it is an imperfect solution to a difficult problem. The long term goal, in my opinion, should be equal opportunity for people of all races without affirmative action. We're not there, yet, and Republicans perpetuate the need for affirmative action by opposing programs such as universal preschool, adequate money for inner-city schools and affordable college education for the middle class (and no, I'm not claiming that Democrats have a perfect record on these issues). I'd love to be able to work with Republicans on these problems, so that it wouldn't matter if you're born to a family of immigrants, to a single mom in the inner city or to a traditional two parent family in the suburbs - you would have the same equal access to a quality pre-college education. Isn't that what America is about? Giving everyone the opportunity, no matter who they are, or where they're from, an opportunity to succeed? We're not there, yet.
Posted by Byron LaMasters at June 24, 2003 07:56 PM
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hi, i think affirmative action is still needed because there are too many people in this world that need jobs, and if there is not affirmative action, people get rejected. i am almost in high school and i will be getting a job soon. i live in a town were no one is rejected by their race,gender,age,etc. that is how the world should be right now. that is why i think affirmative action is still needed.
Sincerely,
Heather
hi, i think affirmative action is still needed because there are too many people in this world that need jobs, and if there is not affirmative action, people get rejected. i am almost in high school and i will be getting a job soon. i live in a town were no one is rejected by their race,gender,age,etc. that is how the world should be right now. that is why i think affirmative action is still needed.
Sincerely,
Heather
hi, i think affirmative action is still needed because there are too many people in this world that need jobs, and if there is not affirmative action, people get rejected. i am almost in high school and i will be getting a job soon. i live in a town were no one is rejected by their race,gender,age,etc. that is how the world should be right now. that is why i think affirmative action is still needed.
Sincerely,
Heather
Heather, what makes you think that you live in a town where there is no rejection based on someones race, gender, age, etc. If there were no rejections based on that then we would not still need affirmative Action in the United States.
