Affirmative Action

I think that in theory affirmative action could really help reduce white privilege. Unfortunately, quota systems like Pete mentioned often give affirmative action a bad rep. In my opinion, affirmative action is meant to level the playing field. Whites often have a leg up because they have a strong history of family ties, workplace affiliation, school affiliation, and they do not usually face discrimination. Affirmative action could work really well if it was solely used to get minorities on the same hiring level as white males. It would be extremely hard to regulate affirmative action in this way, which is why it rarely works out and leads to misconceptions.