No, affirmative action seeks to right the injustices of decades of discrimination and improve the quality of American life through diversified institutions. Consider the system in place at our own UM law school. American Indians are Montana's only significant minority, so the law school has little pressure to keep the image of diversity. Still, members of the Native American Law Students' Association go out to schools on reservations, holding mock trials and informing Indians what law school is all about. The UM law school has no quota to fill, but affirmative action made those students aware of the value of diversity in an institution of higher learning.
Different races coming together with the purpose of learning can never be a bad thing.
Too much hatred has flowed in our country's past because the mainstream, white culture has refused to recognize and appreciate those who look, act and think slightly differently than we do. Affirmative action is not reverse discrimination. It is the course we must maintain to achieve equal opportunity for all U.S. citizens. Please include you full name, address, and current phone number so that we can verify the letter's authenticity. Keep letters under 300 words .