if affirmative action were based on the history of white-afri amer relations it would be much more defensible. However it would be hard to justify having hispanics and asian americans included (not to mention recent african immigrants), and the af am leadership has never felt strong enough to break their coalition with other minorities. So Aff action is based on other, much weaker grounds.
There is also the valid question of how long it should last, and when enough has been done.
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if affirmative action were based on the history of white-afri amer relations it would be much more defensible. However it would be hard to justify having hispanics and asian americans included (not to mention recent african immigrants), and the af am leadership has never felt strong enough to break their coalition with other minorities. So Aff action is based on other, much weaker grounds.
There is also the valid question of how long it should last, and when enough has been done.
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