Yes, equality is the key to our world being a better place. The problem with our society is dejure, by law, every human is equal and should be treated as equals, but our society is defacto, in actuality, still discriminating and segregating minorities and women. Affirmative action appears just and right and "calls for minorities and women to be given special consideration in employment, education, and contracting decisions."1

Affirmative action certainly gives minorities and women an advantage, which does seem unfair and unequal, but this advantage offsets societies discrimination because of race, sex, creed, and/or national origin. "For much of this century, women and ethnic minorities have confronted legal and social exclusion."2 Discrimination and exclusion is common in our everyd

Affirmative action does destroy the notion of a "color blind society."3 The statue of a woman holding scales and the US Constitution which is in front of many US courtrooms is blindfolded to symbolize this notion. Justice is intended to be blind to everyone's race, sex, creed, and sexual orientation. This means that these characteristics should not be taken into consideration when hiring for a certain job or being accepted to a college or university. The fact of the mater is that if these characteristics are not being considered, many women and minorities will be greatly under-represented in the work force and in many colleges and universities throughout the nation.

Imagine our nation ruled solely by male whites. This was the reality our nation before the civil rights movements of the 1950's and 1960's. "For much of this century, racial and ethnic minorities and women have confronted legal and social exclusion. African Americans and Hispanic Americans were segregated into low wage jobs, usually agriculture. Asian Americans, who were forbidden by law from owning land, worked fields to which they could not hold title. Women were barred by law in many statesfrom entering entire occupations."8 Women and minorities were severly segregated. This segregation was certainly not just or right. Society sh

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