Affirmative Action - The Process of Discrimination

Politics is assuming command of the American economy in the form of pervasive "equal opportunity" enforcement. In today's society, everyone is supposed to be equal and have equal rights, but in employment, there is more discrimination than ever. American citizens need to do away with affirmative action so that America's job opportunities can once again be based on merit, not skin color or ethnicity. Laws have been passed, quotas have been established, and seemingly, everything …showed first 75 words of 1334 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1334 total…to be free to work hard to become qualified for a job. Will people now come because their skin color will help them receive a job? Martin Luther King said that he would like to see the day when his children are not judged because of their color, but because of the content of their character. Every time affirmative action is put into use, our country is taking another step away from that worthy goal.