Why We Still Need Affirmative Action Analysis

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Affirmative action, the process that either makes or breaks a person’s future, or achieving the American Dream. Affirmative action, the process of accepting an individual based on their race in order to gain diversity within an educational institution or work place. Touré Neblett, opinion writer for the Time magazine, wrote a recent article, “Why We Still Need Affirmative Action,” which describes the need for affirmative action in school environments. Touré claims affirmative action allows diversity within colleges and prevents a major population of just one race, which leads to an expansion of knowledge amongst students.
The article, “Why We Still Need Affirmative Action,” written by Touré, he claims, Affirmative action is not merely a corrective
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The institution he applied to, aimed for diversity of student as a mean to end racism in the America. Touré got accepted into that educational institution because his race helped him play a role, as there were not many African Americans that attended that public education where he applied. If that institution did not use affirmative action, Touré’s chances of getting accepted would have been very slim. Touré specifies, “Affirmative action provided us with a slight counterbalance to the powerful force called white privilege” (Touré) meaning affirmative action gives minorities such as, African Americans and Hispanics more say and acceptance into public education and society in general. Touré assumes, affirmative action will help minorities help achieve the American Dream, and that every single person in this country should be able to and have a fair share of getting towards reaching the American …show more content…
Touré also responds to the situation with respect and does not portray any negative information explicitly and implicitly on any viewpoints. An audience that knows about race and its influence on getting accepted into a public educational institution, will likely trust Touré because he has personally gone through the struggle as an African American and been through the process of getting accepted into a public institution where racism was