Affirmative action1

Former Senator Bob Dole once said of affirmative action, ”Our country is no longer the land of opportunity but a pie chart, where jobs and other benefits are often awarded not because of hard work or merit, but because of someone’s biology” (www.washingtonpost.com). Why should we oppress a new generation, and risk planting the seed of racism, to correct the mistakes of our forefathers? There are many problems with affirmative action: including …

…Dream Speech,” Martin Luther King Jr. said, “I have a dream, that one day my four little children will live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character” (www.smartlink.net). It is a shame to disappoint him. Bibliography Works Cited www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dltcl/badgerlink/ www.nonline.com www.smartlink.net www.sunone.com www.washingtonpost.com