These are confusing times, and I have read about, and heard, many people question the place that affirmative action now has in our society. Our governor, the regents, and some portion of the voting public have ended affirmative action policies at various levels. I think that rather than end it, we should extend it. By extend, I mean that we, as a community, should live even more the true meaning of affirmative action, and show others, by example, how it is done. Affirmative action is not quotas, or the unfair displacement of people, or the compromise of excellence.
Affirmative action is really the attitudes and behaviors that come from a state of mind.
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