The link below takes you to the Dept. of Labor page where you can view the official description of Affirmative Action requirements and programs.

The link below takes you to the Dept. of Labor page where you can view the official description of Affirmative Action requirements and programs. While the document speaks for itself, here's a quote from President Lyndon Johnson that captures the essence of the idea behind the development affirmative action programs. "You do not take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say you are free to compete with all the others, and still just believe that you have been completely fair."

http://www.balancedpolitics.org/affirmative_action.htm

https://www.mtholyoke.edu/~jesan20l/classweb/pright.html

Overall, are you in favor of affirmative action programs or opposed to them? Provide a rationale for your position.

Which of the arguments you've read about that take a position contrary to yours do you feel are worthy of consideration? What ideas do you have that might be put into practice to address these concerns?

If, in #1, you expressed support for these programs, address the concept of how long they should be in place. Answers could range from "until no discrimination exists" to "next year".