“White men in North America are the beneficiaries of the single biggest affirmative action program in world history. It's called world history.” MenWorldActionAmericaWhiteProgramWhite ManWorld HistoryNorth AmericaAffirmative ActionAffirmativeBeneficiaries Author:Michael Kimmel
“White men in Europe and the US are the beneficiaries of the single greatest affirmative action program in the history of the world; it is called the history of the world.” MenWorldActionWhiteEuropeProgramWhite ManWorld HistoryAffirmative ActionAffirmativeBeneficiaries Author:Michael Kimmel
“Indicate which principles you support regarding affirmative action and discrimination. 1. The federal government should discontinue affirmative action programs. 2. The federal government should prosecute cases of discrimination in the public sector. 3. The federal government should prosecute cases of discrimination in the private sector.” ShouldGovernmentActionPrinciplesCasesSupportProgramDiscriminationFederal GovernmentPrivate SectorAffirmative ActionAffirmativePublic Sector Author:Newt Gingrich
“You have countries like India that have tried to help untouchables, with essentially affirmative-action programs, but it hasn't fundamentally changed the structure of their societies.” CountryHelpingActionChangedProgramIndiaStructureAffirmative ActionAffirmativeUntouchables Author:Barack Obama
“If we could create the conditions that make racism difficult, or discourage it, then there would be less stress and less need for affirmative action programs. One of those conditions would be an economic policy that would create tight labor markets over long periods of time. Now does that mean that affirmative action is here only temporarily? I think the ultimate goal should be to remove it.” ThinkingMeanLongActionDifficultGoalEconomicPolicyRacismProgramLaborUltimateStressDiscouragingAffirmative ActionAffirmative Author:William Julius Wilson
“Placing a time limit on affirmative action would in all likelihood blunt the orchestrated politics of controversy that now bedevils it. And thinking about phasing it into a class-based entitlement program may at long last bring Americans around to a consideration of the growing inequality that threatens the harmony of our democracy far more than the alarmist cry of 'racial division.'” ThinkingMayLongActionLastsClassDemocracyGrowingCryLimitsProgramHarmonyInequalityConsiderationDivisionControversyEntitlementBluntAffirmative ActionAffirmativeLikelihoodEntitlement ProgramsAlarmistsTime Limit Author:Orlando Patterson
“[A]ffirmative action in the United States has made blacks. . .who have largely lifted themselves out of poverty, look like people who owe their rise to affirmative action and other government programs.” PeopleLooksMadeStatesGovernmentActionUnitedPovertyUnited StatesProgramAffirmative ActionAffirmativeGovernment Programs Author:Thomas Sowell
“I think there are some things ... that may even be distorted in the practice, such as some affirmative action programs becoming quota systems. And I'm old enough to remember when quotas existed in the United States for the purpose of discrimination, and I don't want to see that happen again.” ThinkingWantMayStatesEnoughHappensActionRememberPurposeUnitedPracticeUnited StatesBecomingProgramDiscriminationRemember WhenAffirmative ActionAffirmativeQuota Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1981 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1981