Affirmative Action The topic of affirmative action is a very sensitive and volatile subject. “Affirmative action is a time bomb primed to detonate in the middle of the American political marketplace”, wrote Steven Roberts. (page 1 art.47) The increasingly hostile and divisive debate about the role of gender and race is becoming serious part of modern America. It appears that the issue of affirmative action can no longer be over looked. The author, Roberts, puts worth …showed first 75 words of 1538 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1538 total…but that affirmative action was not. The topic of affirmative action is a very touchy subject in our society. Are the causes of affirmative action positive or just a form of reverse discrimination? There are as many answers to that question as there are opinions. The only thing that I can hope and pray for is that one day we will live in a world were discrimination does not determine how we live our lives