The Colin Powell Test; His example shows precisely why affirmative action is not just a `yes or no' issue. From: The Washington Post | Date: December 8, 1997| Author: Meg Greenfield | Copyright 1997 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

The national argument over affirmative action needs both more candor and less. It needs more candor as to what in practicality we are talking about, that is, what is actually occurring in our schools and workplaces and governmental and other institutions. It needs less candor, or at least fewer attempts at explicit definition, in the area of regulation and law. Probably the term itself is in need of replacement, as well. As with so many other catchwords in our public dialogue, "affirmativ...

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