Affirmative-Action Programs - Initiatives aimed at encouraging diversity in classrooms and workplaces, and increasing opportunities for minorities and women. People against affirmative-action programs say: It encourages discrimination against whites and men (so-called reverse discrimination). It's no longer necessary for diversity in the classroom and workplace. It takes opportunities away from more qualified applicants. Support for Affirmative Action Programs In a 1965 commencement speech at Howard University in Washington, D.C., President Lyndon Johnson discussed the importance …showed first 75 words of 813 total…

…showed last 75 words of 813 total…my race cannot get in or will be mistreated in the places I have chosen. 24. I can be sure that if I need legal or medical help my race will not work against me. 25. If my day, week, or year is going badly, I need not ask of each negative episode or situation whether it has racial overtones. 26. I can choose blemish cover or bandages in "flesh" color that more or less matches my skin.