Affirmative action in the United States

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Affirmative Action
By Rickard K. Moore, from a discussion on PNews list, 10 March 1995. Until such time as employment patterns are more reflective of population patterns, some kind of affirmative action—in both education and employment can help unite society by reducing racial segregation and reducing race-based economic stratification.
People Before Profits—Attacks on affirmative action: Twisted logic
By Vic Perlo, People’s Weekly World, 18 March 1995. Two recent columns in New York newspapers. In the first, Affirmative action hasn’t helped Blacks, Wall Street Journal columnist Farrell Bloch unwittingly shows that affirmative action has helped Blacks and, at the same time, reveals his own racism.
Affirmative Action Is In the Interest of ALL Workers!
By Grover C. Furr, 27 March 1995. Affirmative action has scarcely been implemented with regard to blacks and latins, but, if it were, it would benefit, not just blacks and latins, but white male workers as well. It would, however, harm employers, and hence the opposition to it.
Ghettoizing African History?
By Thomas Spear, 4 April 1995, with an additional comment by Chris Lowe. Professors Jan Vansina and Curtin protest against the illegal listing African history job vacancies by favoring certain categories of applicants without taking account of equal quality. Does reverse discrimination exist? Lowe addresses the distinction between objective and subjective racism.
Affirmative action or segretation: who benefits?
By Abdul Alkalimat, People’s Tribune, November 1997. There is considerable evidence that Americans are turning against affirmative action even while continuing to believe in democracy and fair play. A majority of whites are against affirmative action, but most black people are for it. Why?
Affirmative Action benefits all workers
By Roberta Wood, People’s Weekly World, 28 March 1998. The unity of the whole working class is like a giant boulder blocking the Big Business steamroller agenda. Corporate America knows it never has and never can win over the American people on its real issues. So the foundations have worked first to produce materials that foster a climate of hostility to affirmative action, and even to racial minorities and have funded individuals and organizations leading the charge.
The Opposite of Racism Isn’t Colorblindness
By Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet, 21 August 2001. A society steeped in centuries of white supremacy won’t be magically transformed into a colorblind utopia. I’m not suggesting that affirmative action is our salvation, but neither is it the reverse racism that some opponents claim.