Affirmative Action is the law of the land, of which the intended purpose of this law was meant to increase the representation of those that have historically been denied a fair and equal opportunity in regards to their education and employment, because of discrimination, both overt and covert, so done, in respect to their specific characteristics, such as their race or creed, which thereby has served to impede these people from educational achievements and good employability because of such discrimination so sustained against them over an extended period of time – of which, it was determined that this nation would thereby make it their policy to correct such, by taking affirmative action, so of.
While Affirmative Action may indeed be the law of the land, we find, though, when it comes to laws and legislation, that the proof, as they say, is in the eating of the pudding; and of that proof, this nation has not done what it has so committed to do for those that have been cheated out of a fair chance to have a good life in this, the richest nation that the world has ever known. So then, for all those that believe that Affirmative Action should be far more robust than it currently is, there is still hope. That hope rests, though, in the arms of the Federal Government, which quite obviously has the power to wield a pretty mighty stick, if it be inclined to do so.
There are all sorts of statistics and documentation that are maintained as part and parcel of governance. A detailed look at this documentation clearly shows that certain historically discriminated parties, are still underrepresented as part of the student body in public non-profit higher educational facilities, along with these same people also being underrepresented in management positions and above in a significant amount of the largest and most powerful corporations that are headquartered within the United States.
When it comes to public non-profit universities, it would be well to remember that these institutions do not typically pay any property tax, nor any Federal or State income taxes. The fact that these universities do not pay certain taxes, is something that needs to be forcefully addressed, for all of those institutions that are not in good compliance with the Affirmative Action program, and thereby, all those non-profit universities in non-compliance to proper student apportionment should have their protected tax status revoked, until they become in compliance. As for all these large multinational corporations, of which, there are a significant amount of them that are not currently in compliance with the Affirmative Action program, they should have all their governmental contracts suspended or canceled, until they become in compliance, and if necessary, the trading of their stock on the public stock exchange should be suspended until such is ameliorated.
There are always going to be plenty of people and institutions, that say “yes” and agree to do something, without really having the intention of actually doing anything constructive or meaningful on their end. The principal point of Affirmative Action is to correct for previous wrong actions and incorrect inaction, and at a minimum, to make it governmental policy, that that which we know to be wrongly discriminatory, will not be tolerated anymore.