Affirmative Action | Affirmative Action Promotes Discrimination
Lino A. Graglia is the A. Dalton Cross professor of law at the University of Texas, Austin.
Summary: By granting special treatment to certain groups on the basis of race, affirmative action highlights racial distinctions and exacerbates racial conflict. Affirmative action programs create an atmosphere in which blacks are taught to blame their shortcomings on whites and encouraged to believe that they are “too different” to adhere to the standards of the rest of society. Furthermore, affirmative action excuses blacks from the obligations and...
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