minorities and women still find an uneven playing field in corporate America and the halls of academia. The NAACP recently called for a special day to celebrate support for affirmative action due to a number of efforts to undermine such legislation. As Youth and College Director of the NAACP, Brandon Neal, explains, ôWe recognize continuing discrimination and barriers still exist for women students and students of color in higher education. Take Affirmative Action Day builds support for solutions necessary to ensure equal opportunityö (Browne 2003, 3).
Such newly reignited support for Affirmative Action comes after a decade of assaults on such legislation. From college students denied admission to employees rejected for employment, a number of lawsuits have been filed in courts across the nation that claim affirmative action represents reverse discrimination. However, affirmative action represents one of the few resources available for affecting change in a traditionally discriminatory system. Despite this fact, many argue that without affirmative action we live in a society that would now afford equal opportunities to women and minorities. This is simply not the case from a historical perspective in American society, ôAmerican society today continues to have an unlevel playing field with respect to women and people of color attaining true equal opportu
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