A significant portion of text that stood out to me was the author's discussion of affermative action policy in the work-place. Never had I before looked at such a situation in the way he presented it. Not only did I not know that in a situation where two different racial cantidates were up for the same position with equal qualifications that the minority cantidate would be chosen, but also I would have never thought that a policy with such good intentions would leave the white cantidates
"feeling like they have been discriminated against." (xx) I find it peculiar that policies aimed with such good intentions can often fall short of their mark and troubling that we cannot or have not come up with better
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