te that. Though we would all like to think that America no longer needs affirmative action; there are at least three reasons that this well-meaning program should remain public policy.

The third reason that affirmative action should remain public policy is political denial. One example is a speech by one of our nations leaders, former Vice President Bob Dole... "Let me now forgive us... Slavery was before we were born...must future generations continue to pay the price for ancient wrongs?" (R. Wilkins, p. 344:19). This kind of rhetoric demonstrates that some white Americans deny that there is still a racial problem in this country--this attitude suggest that affirmative action should remain. Another example of a politician in denial was by House Speaker Newt Gingrich. According to the Washington Post..."Gingrich dismissed the argument that the beneficiaries of affirmative action (blacks), have been subjected to discrimination for centuries...and that the Irish were discriminated by the Engli

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