Affirmative action.Talks about how affirmative action is the reason for more diverse student bodies, while at the same time, it might be the cause for more black failure rates in colleges.

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 civil rights bills were only effective in ink. With so much of America's work force spawned from integrated schools now, some may question whether racism really is th…