With the election of an African-American President, many people feel that affirmative action is not complete. Indeed the election of Obama showed that America is getting better about racial discrimination and starting to be fair. Obama ran on a colorblind campaign. He did not want be judge on his skin tone, but the content of his character. When Obama addressed the NAACP during his election, he did not mention affirmative action, but he called for more cops to protect on the streets. His speech was broad and not race focused like speeches given by Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson. The different race supporters of Obama interrupted his election in different ways. Blacks perceived his election as the “advancing the black community”, whites perceived his election as “post-racial” politics, and the multiracial supporters perceived the notion of colorblind policy as naïve.
The election of the first African-American president has shown affirmative action has worked. However, I do not think the country is fully ready to discard all affirmative action, especially from the workplace. There are becoming more African-American CEOs, but the majority of all companies are under the control of the white majority. If affirmative action had been eliminated, would African-American have the opportunity to be CEOs? I don’t think they would. Affirmative action allows for all minorities to receive a fair chance in the workplace and college admission. Had this policy not been in place, there would be more racial discrimination now. One day in the future, affirmative action will not be necessary because this country will truly be colorblind. However, that day will not be very soon so affirmative action needs to stay.
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