Affirmative Action and Racial Tension Affirmative action. What was its purpose in the first place, and do we really need it now in the liberal super sensitive nineties? It began in an era when minorities were greatly under represented in universities and respectable professions. Unless one was racist, most agreed with the need of affirmative action in college admissions and in the workplace. Society needed an active law that enforced equality during a period when …showed first 75 words of 1574 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1574 total…is not the answer to universities¹ problems. It transformed from the cure to inequality on college campuses to quite possibly the reason for racism on campuses. Our subliminal judgments of one another are at the real root of a lot of quarrels, but we can work away at them until we see equal numbers on campuses and in businesses. With or without affirmative action a strong effort must be made by all races to reach