Affirmative Action

The purpose of this blog is to inform others of the widely talked about and controverial issue of affirmative action. I hope through this blog that I can learn more about the issue, as well as my readers, and I hope to get some feedback on what you think of the issue. As I said before affirmative action has been very controversial and caused much debate between mainly whites and other minority groups. In this blog I hope to answer these few questions: 1. What, if any, is the causal relationship between affirmative action and the increase in the number of minorities in colleges and universities? 2. What, if any, is the causal relationship between affirmative action and the dropout rate of minorities in rigourous educational programs? 3. What, if any, is the causal relationship between affirmative action and the decrease in discrimination among minority groups? 4. What, if any, is the causal relationship between affirmative action and the ability of minority groups to compete for jobs against the majority?