Affirmative action “is a family of policies aimed at resolving racial, ethnic, and gender inequalities in the United States.” (Hughes & Kroehler, 2013, p. 220). It allows minorities to get equal opportunities and in some cases raises the likelihood that they will get a job. These policies make it so colleges and businesses must accept and hire a certain amount of people from minorities, to show they are not discriminating. I feel that affirmative action is not the most affective way to handle racism. Affirmative action only fixes the surface of the problem and makes it look all better, when in reality there is still a major problem. One of the big problems are the gatekeepers who are responsible for reviewing the applications and picking the
