The fact is that in too many parts of our country, we still have discrimination. And affirmative action is not just something… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
Without application of the mind; there is no drive for taking affirmative action. — Joseph Mercado Copy Share Image
Affirmative action was designed to recognize the uniquely difficult journey of African-Americans. This policy was justifiable and understandable, even to those who… — Jim Webb Copy Share Image
Until affirmative action is described and understood as one mechanism by which to make amends for historical wrongdoing against members of marginalized… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
“the left had been finessing labels for years: racial preferences to affirmative action to diversity; abortion rights to pro-choice to reproductive rights;… — Jack Cashill Copy Share Image
I read American sagas (of the west) and I do not see people who went in search of material things. I see… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
The need of black conservatives to gain the respect of their white peers deeply shapes certain elements of their conservatism. In this… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
My decision was sparked by affirmative action. There was a point in my life when affirmative action would have meant something to… — Richard Rodriguez Copy Share Image
Who knows what Yale thought it was getting when it hired Richard Rodriguez? The people who offered me the job thought there… — Richard Rodriguez Copy Share Image
“It is scarcely the same thing to put a man on the Moon as to put a bone in your nose.” — William A. Henry III Copy Share Image
If Barack Obama believes there are no victims in U.S, then I assume he'll shut down all the civil rights offices throughout… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“I think that even someone who got into an institution through affirmative action could prove they were qualified by what they accomplished… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
The purpose of affirmative action is to give our nation a way to finally address the systemic exclusion of individuals of talent… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Affirmative action has a negative effect on our society when it means counting us like so many beans and dividing us into… — John Kasich Copy Share Image
“Deconstruction as an educational strategy Here is an example. Kate Ellis is a radical gender feminist. Ellis, as she writes in… — Stephen R.C. Hicks Copy Share Image
Opinion polls consistently show that only about 5 percent of blacks have sensible political opinions, i.e. support the free market, individual liberty… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
And nothing embittered me, which is important, because I think ethnic people and women in this society can end up being embittered… — James Earl Jones Copy Share Image
One thing has not changed: to doubt the worth of minority students' achievement when they succeed is really only to present another… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
What is Kanye West's message? Like most rap, "I am the greatest person ever and you're not." I used to call it… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
I can take a job with an affirmative action employer without having my co-workers on the job suspect that I got it… — Peggy McIntosh Copy Share Image
“IN ADDITION TO having become a distinctly Christian party, the GOP is more than ever America’s self-consciously white party. The nationalization of… — Kurt Andersen Copy Share Image
If you're going to compare a middle-income black kid with a middle- income white kid, and, say, you control for family background,… — William Julius Wilson Copy Share Image
