June 13, 2003

A Continuing Need for Affirmative Action

To the Editor:

I am a beneficiary of affirmative action ("Affirmative Action Is Poor Public Policy," The Review, May 2). White people found a way for me to receive fellowships and other financial aid so that I could complete my doctorate. They used extraordinary methods to admit me to a Ph.D. program in cybernetics. Without these white people, I would not have a doctorate. I would not be teaching and doing research, and I would not be writing this letter.

I am a man of color.

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