Action Quote by Michael Kimmel

White men in Europe and the US are the beneficiaries of the single greatest affirmative action program in the history of the world; it…

— Michael Kimmel

I looked up affirmative action once in Wikipedia, and it said, 'A measure by which white men are discriminated against,' and I got so…

— Gloria Steinem

“The history of whiteness in America is one long scroll of affirmative action.”

— Michael Eric Dyson

And affirmative action is a very nice term for racial discrimination against better-qualified white people in jobs, employment, promotions and scholarships, and college admittance.

— David Duke

“You never stop to think how the history of whiteness in America is one long scroll of affirmative action. You never stop to think…

— Michael Eric Dyson

Affirmative action was designed to keep women and minorities in competition with each other to distract us while white dudes inject AIDS into our…

— Tracy Morgan

Affirmative action has been generally cast in terms of race. I think women themselves are not as cognizant of the role affirmative action has…

— Faye Wattleton

The sprinkling of people of color through elite institutions in the United States, due to affirmative action policies and the limited progress of middle-class…

— Michelle Alexander

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

No matter how accomplished we may be, just any little white person can come up and say, 'Well, you wouldn't be here, if it…

— Shelby Steele

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

Well, certainly one of the ironies of the success of affirmative action is that the middle class within the black community no longer lives…

— Henry Louis Gates