Affirmative Action

To start this post, I would like to pose a question.  Is it possible that Affirmative Action will one day run its course and will no longer be necessary?  Ideally, our country will one day reach a point where legislation can in fact be "color blind", but that simply cannot happen until our society ceases to associate certain thoughts or social preferences based on color.  That being said, because our world is not perfect and because of our past racial discrimination made by our government and society, there is no doubt that Affirmative Action was and is necessary. Affirmative action is  legislative policy that aims  to improve opportunities for historically excluded groups in American society, being minorities and women.  It has done wonders for minorities and women in the realm of opportunity for professional, educational, and social opportunities, but has it done enough?  Well we must decide how to determine when is enough.
  
Where Affirmative Action has been very beneficial in most aspects, there are some complaints about the constitutionality of the policy itself .  Some argue that causes a form of reverse discrimination by favoring one group over another, based on racial preference rather than academic achievement. This point of view outlines my projected point of when Affirmative Action outlives its purpose, but I do not quite think we have gotten there yet.  Of course there have been some publicized incidents of where this type of complaint occurred, but that is a part of a very small number. Affirmative action policies do not necessarily help economically disadvantaged students. This is my only personal problem with Affirmative action. 

The point of this policy is to increase opportunity, yet the lower-class is still lacking in the category. In my own opinion, the topic should be re-visited to really see who are the most disadvantaged at this point in our society.  Affirmative Action is still needed and beneficial in our society, but inevitably it will outlive its purpose or it will need to be tweaked in order to help give all Americans the opportunity to succeed. This too should be a color blind discretionary policy, that simply helps those in need.  I think it is possible, but we as Americans, have a long way to go.