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In recent years, affirmative action— especially affirmative action in university admissions— divided the United States—. As a college or university student, you may have strong opinions about whether affirmative action in university admissions should be legal or not, and may be curious to know how other students feel about this issue. Answer the following questions about your own views and knowledge, and then see how other students using Reel Society and participating in the poll answered the questions.

1

Most colleges and universities do not have affirmative action programs. Do you know whether your college or university has an affirmative action program?
A)yes
B)no
2

I believe that universities should have affirmative action programs for racial and ethnic minorities.
A)yes, all minorities
B)Yes, there should be affirmative action for African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans, but not for Asian Americans.
C)No, there should be no university affirmative action programs directed at minorities.
3

If you are in favor of having affirmative action programs in universities for minorities, which of these best describes the reason for your view?
A)I believe that we should try to correct for past discrimination.
B)I believe that everyone benefits when affirmative action makes college campuses more diverse.
C)some other reason
D)I am not in favor of having affirmative action programs in universities.
4

If you are not in favor of having affirmative action programs in universities for minorities, which of these best describes the reason for your view?
A)I believe that affirmative action results in reverse discrimination against Whites.
B)I believe that it is unfair to minorities, since everyone assumes that their professional success is due to affirmative action.
C)some other reason
D)I am in favor of having affirmative action programs in universities.
5

I believe that universities should have affirmative action programs for women.
A)yes
B)no





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