Support for Affirmative Action Programs

Affirmative-Action Programs - Initiatives aimed at encouraging diversity in classrooms and workplaces, and increasing opportunities for minorities and women. People against affirmative-action programs say: It encourages discrimination against whites and men (so-called reverse discrimination). It's no longer necessary for diversity in the classroom and workplace. It takes opportunities away from more qualified applicants. Support for Affirmative Action Programs In a 1965 commencement speech at Howard University in Washington, D.C., President Lyndon Johnson discussed the importance …

…my race cannot get in or will be mistreated in the places I have chosen. 24. I can be sure that if I need legal or medical help my race will not work against me. 25. If my day, week, or year is going badly, I need not ask of each negative episode or situation whether it has racial overtones. 26. I can choose blemish cover or bandages in "flesh" color that more or less matches my skin.