that's an affirmative
so affirmative action and i have a love-hate relationship
here's why... the dawn of lists on jde blog:

HATE: it essentially departs from a quest for equality.
LOVE: it provides opportunities for those struggling out of decades of oppression.
HATE: everyone thinks it's the same thing as "equal opportunity" employment tactics.
LOVE: it gives poor unfortunate students a chance at the life reserved for rich smart kids.
HATE: employers are bound to practice affirmative action tactics if they have government contracts or customers.
LOVE: that companies are rejecting government contracts or customers to follow their own "equal opportunity" practices.
HATE: it gives the white male something to complain about.
LOVE: it gives the white male something to complain about.

all-in-all, i don't want to get rid of affirmative action. i think it should be instituted earlier in the education system - at the primary level. but if schools weren't funded based on the surrounding property taxes, we wouldn't have problems with under- or over-funding of schools, and that's a whole other blogstory.