Affirmative Action is racial, sexual, and national preference for minorities. Affirmative action was...

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Affirmative Action is racial, sexual, and national preference for minorities.

Affirmative action was created to make up for past discrimination in the U.S. over

Caucasian male majorities

• Affirmative Action:• Divides races in society

– 60% of Americans advocate ending Affirmative Action

• Goes Against the Constitution– “The ‘equal protection clause’… which applies only

to public institutions, prohibits discrimination based

on race or sex” • Reverse Discriminates

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  “Preferential affirmative action patronizes American blacks, women, and others by presuming that they cannot succeed on their own. Preferential affirmative action does not advance civil rights in this country.”

  ~Alan Keyes

Supporters argue that it makes up for past discrimination, but

Our government needs to put a stop to affirmative action.

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Act Now

• Write a letter to your state representative

• Start a protest

• Get the word out

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“Affirmative action is the attempt to deal with malignant racism by instituting benign racism”

~ Elliott Larson