Why do you believe that Affirmative Action is or is not
necessary, and what do you believe the concept entails: e.g.
quotas, applicant pools, etc?
We have not made enough progress in bringing about fair
treatment for women. The same case could be made for people
of color. Sexism and racism still exist and we should not
stop our progress now. Our Affirmative Action policy at San
Francisco State University did not entail quotas, but good
faith efforts to have qualified women and people of color in
the applicant pool. This allowed me to hire 35 out of 40
faculty who were women, people of color and disabled when I
was a college dean. Before I went back to SFSU in 1986,
white males dominated the faculty.
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