The Failures of Affirmative Action Affirmative Action is an attempt to balance out the amount of discrimination in our country. Companies, schools, and government agencies are given a quota of minorities there are required to have on staff. If they do not meet the quota, they are liable to be sued. To meet this quota, many companies must fire competent workers to make way for lesser qualified minorities. This means hiring and firing based on …showed first 75 words of 1523 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1523 total…reverse discrimination. It is now time for the doctor to prescribe a potential remedy. Society should work towards broad based economic policies like public investment, national health reform, an enlarged income tax credit, child support assurance, and other policies benefiting families with young children. However, if this, or another remedy is not taken sometime in the near future, we can be sure to see racial tension reach points that our history has yet to see.