Affirmative Action And Diversity

“Special considerations” of affirmative action creates diversity that helps minority students. Osamudia James, a graduate from the University of Wisconsin Law school with a Master of Law (Llm) addressed the relationship between affirmative action and diversity. Her research concluded that more minorities can attend prestigious schools if race is a consideration in university admissions. The attendance of minorities in prestigious universities has had many positive effects: diversity in businesses has expanded, a Hispanic and African American middle class has materialized, more jobs in the STEM occupations are available for minorities, and more students are content with their university encounters (James, 446-447). Doctor Barbara Wolfe, who graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a PhD in Economics, conducted research with Doctor Jason Fletcher, who also graduated with a PhD in Economics and specializes in educational research. …show more content…
In fact, “In the absence of racial diversity, people of color on predominantly white campuses often experience racial isolation, which typically results in both overt discrimination and ‘microaggressions’- the ‘brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioral, and environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative...Slights and insults to [a minority] person or group” (James, 448). Without differing views and individuals, the majority may express racism, which only serves to feed the challenges associated with racism in unhealthy