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David Jones October 10, 2007 GWRIT 103, Section 23 Evaluation Argument Revision Never-Ending Racism Affirmative action has been around for 45 years, and in that time it has brought up severe amounts of controversy all revolving around racism and discrimination. When affirmative action was first introduced in 1961, it was described as a temporary means for helping to end the discrimination that persisted even with the civil rights laws that were established to give minorities equal opportunities. President Johnson was the first president to enforce affirmative action. "This is the next and more profound stage of the battle for civil rights," Johnson asserted. "We seek... not just equality as a right and a theory, but as a fact and as a result" (Brunner par. 1). It would be difficult to argue that affirmative action or any method for improving equality in our society was not necessary during the 1960's when discrimination within universities and...

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