If we are prepared to invest the necessary time and effort, affirmative action can contribute to Harvard's quality and not detract from it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think that affirmative action programs can be very important.
Affirmative action is an effort to include every aspect of society in the decision making.
If you don't like affirmative action, what is your plan to guarantee a level playing field of opportunity?
Affirmative action works but we're going to need to muster all our political resources if we are to keep it in place.
What is so remarkable about the success of affirmative action is that it has been accomplished despite the Justice Department and the policies of the federal government.
Affirmative action is the most important antidiscrimination technique ever instituted in the United States. It is the one tool that has had a demonstrable effect on discrimination... Affirmative action, by all statistical measures, has been the central ingredient to the creation of the black middle class.
I don't know what this definition of affirmative action is for some.
Affirmative action has a negative effect on our society when it means counting us like so many beans and dividing us into separate piles.
I support affirmative action. I support special measures when you need it.
I don't want affirmative action - too much affirmative, not enough action.