Action Quote by Cornel West

We have to think about affirmative action and craft it in such a way where some of our children, who are advantaged, aren't getting…

— Barack Obama

Affirmative action is not going to be the long-term solution to the problems of race in America, because, frankly, if you've got 50 percent…

— Barack Obama

The fact is that in too many parts of our country, we still have discrimination. And affirmative action is not just something that applies…

— John F. Kerry

To be clear, affirmative action is not, by itself, an adequate response to decades of systemic looting, but it has been an indispensible tool…

— Clint Smith

Affirmative action is something that I think is very crucial and necessary.

— Cornel West

Affirmative action is the most important modern anti-discrimination technique ever instituted in the United States. It is the one tool that has had a…

— Eleanor Holmes Norton

Affirmative action works but we're going to need to muster all our political resources if we are to keep it in place.

— Harold Washington

Government cannot make us equal; it can only recognize, respect, and protect us as equal before the law. That [affirmative action] programs may have…

— Clarence Thomas

I'm not one that believes that affirmative action should be based on one's skin color or one's gender, I think it should be done…

— J. C. Watts

I don't want affirmative action - too much affirmative, not enough action.

— Paul Mooney

I regard affirmative action as pernicious-a system that had wonderful ideals when it started but was almost immediately abused for the benefit of white…

— Camille Paglia

You can't be a minority in this society without having someone express disapproval about affirmative action.

— Sonia Sotomayor