Affirmative Action is a very sensitive issue to many people. I understand its initial purpose to help people of minority, women, and those in unfortunate demographic circumstances. Affirmative Action is meant to give people a chance; however, in the process it has turned into a cause of taking the chances from others. Affirmative Action is an outdated system of trying to establish equality on levels of race, gender, and demography. As a country there are many campaigns to eliminate racism. Racism is present because there are racial boundaries that we as a society accept. By using programs-such as Affirmative Action- we are defining races and setting up grounds for racism and elitism. The amount of racism in the United States toward minorities has decrease by a huge margin over the past fifty years. We are now in the 21st century I believe it is time that we break down programs that create racial, gender, and class definitions. To move forward productively as a country we must see one another as more of equals than trying to break down specifications for betterment of opportunity. Everyone needs to be given the same shot at opportunities from the college process to the work place. Initially Affirmative Action was the way to do this, but it is now time to move away from this outdated process. Even black’s have come out against the racial boundaries that get re-built day after day because of the strong historical feelings of blacks and whites. The below quotation from Bill Cosby is a solid campaign to attmpt eliminating racial boundaries

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SYLLABICATION: rac·ism

PRONUNCIATION: rszm

NOUN:
1. The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.
2. Discrimination or prejudice based on race.

OTHER FORMS: racist —ADJECTIVE & NOUN

sounds like affirmative action is racist

Sure is!

There is still plenty of racism going on today! If you think it has ended you are definately lost.

Well affirmative action is racism....didn't you read blomeliberals response on teh definition on racism.

Affirmitive action was set up as a system to give retribution to those who had been opressed by the united states government in the past. However, this system is corrupt. The fact that a student who is less qualified could get into a college over another student just on the basis of color is racist in nature. I strongly oppose Affirmitive action because it does not promote equality, but rather suggests that blacks are morally inferior to the rest of the country. In the struggle for equality those who established affirmitive action missed the mark, and have set up a system corrupt in nature.

I totally agree with sexy conservative... You rock!

well looks like sexy conservative made it very clear and to the point. affirmative action may have been needed many many years ago to fill the gaps between blacks and whites but lets face it people its time to move on. affirmative action is unnecessary and no longer needed and takes away opportunies from more qualified people simply because of the race of another person.

Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner!

I could not disagree more about it not being needed. Go to any major city in America and you will find a ghetto that was born and still exists because of racism.

Until we can get rid of the ghetto AA is a necessary evil.