Why We Still Need Affirmative Action

Why We Still Need Affirmative Action
Students demonstrate outside the Federal Courthouse, Wednesday, March 7, 2012, in Cincinnati, where the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals was hearing oral arguments in their review of their ruling last summer that Proposal 2, the ban on affirmative action in Michigan, is unconstitutional. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)
Students demonstrate outside the Federal Courthouse, Wednesday, March 7, 2012, in Cincinnati, where the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals was hearing oral arguments in their review of their ruling last summer that Proposal 2, the ban on affirmative action in Michigan, is unconstitutional. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

Throughout the history of American law and the long struggle for civil rights, questions have consistently arisen regarding the meaning of individual rights, especially for minorities. Indeed, when the founding documents of our country were being crafted, the issues of slavery, individual freedom and property rights were widely debated.

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