I don’t remember when I first faced race, but I do remember when the University of Michigan fought affirmative action. I had always thought it was a necessary thing, but I quickly learned that not everyone agreed with me. The reason that I found most interesting was that affirmative action disadvantaged white students because of their race. I had never thought of it that way and I still think affirmative action is necessary, but isn’t that exactly the effect affirmative action has? It disadvantages white students by giving colored students a leg up because of what a piece of paper says they look like. This thought makes me react by saying “Well, how does it fell?” Maybe it’s good thing that some people who have never had to face the issue of race in a negative way have an experience with it. But does it really help anything if those white students who feel discriminated against don’t understand why? There are some people who know the history behind affirmative action, but they don’t know why or don’t believe that it is necessary any more. Can you put them in the same group as those who think racism is in the past and doesn’t have anything to do with us today?