Affirmative Action And Colin Powell

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...in our society today, evident in the ongoing struggles with affirmative action and equal rights. It seems that we have not fully escaped the legacy of slavery and never will without some sort of great sacrifice on both sides of the issue. Given this, then, along come those few individuals who are anomalies unto themselves. Colin Powell is one such enigma.
For centuries there has been a great gaping wound where race relations is concerned. Many remedies have been tried to heal this wound. Everything from money to government programs have attempted to right wrongs which occurred centuries ago. And, ironically enough, it hasn’t helped and in fact, in many cases, it has only served to fester the wound.
Affirmative Action was enacted to provide an equal footing to people of color and women. This leveling of the playing field was to give women and minorities a chance to compete in what had been a...

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