One is led to believe that a great evil in the country today is discrimination against white men. Dennis Hayashi, director of the U.S. Office for Civil Rights, defended the Clinton administration's views on welfare reform.
Affirmative action remains a vital tool to eliminating discrimination.
Hayashi and Business School Dean B. Joseph White also touched on the continuing problem of cronyism. White added that over the years he has received myriad phone calls in support of prospective students, but none of the calls have been for minority students. He noted that two criteria are necessary for changing an organization's attitudes on race. White stressed the importance of re-examining how schools measure excellence. The program was sponsored by the Faculty Senate , Michigan Student Assembly and the 1997 MLK Symposium Planning Committee.