In our society there are difficulties with basic education. Affirmative action gives minorities the right to equal education. Education encourages all minorities in our society to better themselves. Alex Hayley writes, When I first wrote this book in 1982, I thought that education in America was about as bad as it could be. Affirmative action encourages equal opportunities for education.
Minority groups have difficulties in turning out highly educated and motivated students.
An inner city teacher Marva Collins began her own school. This school was open to all children however, the majority of the school population were of minority ethnic backgrounds. The school did not have funds for education, no school books, no desks and no chalkboard. Students grades were appalling, reading levels were extremely low and the mathematical skills of students, were not quite at a decent third grade level. In 1980 education for these children was inevitably needed.