Half a century ago, America was embroiled in a legal and moral struggle to end government-sanctioned racial discrimination. Under a system known as Jim Crow, our government treated citizens differently based on race. Today, America still treats citizens differently based on race under a policy euphemistically known as “affirmative action.”
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy issued an executive order directing the federal government to take “affirmative action” to ensure that no person was denied employment based on skin color, but this policy evolved into racial bean-counting.
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