** Affirmative Action** Have you ever wondered what effect discrimination laws and diversity have on our American society today as a whole? The issue of affirmative action has been a highly controversial topic since it’s origin in the mid-1960s. “It began as a program to “correct” the past discrimination by temporarily “favoring” individuals whose “classification” had been victimized in the past.” It increased opportunities for minorities by favoring them in hiring and promotion, the …showed first 75 words of 1964 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1964 total…the different aspects and arguments of these opposing stands, coming up with a solution to making the world more integrated without discriminating. As a voter, the question is now in your hands, it still stands, can we reach the goal of an equitable society based on “merit” if we discriminate in any way? However, on the other hand, can we overcome past racial and gender discrimination without considering race and/or gender in the remedies?