Learn where Barack Obama and John McCain stand on the issues
The information below speaks to issues of crucial importance to the NAACP and the communities we serve. The questions, and the topics that were included in the questionnaire, all pertain to the NAACP public policy priorities as adopted by the delegates at our annual National Convention and confirmed by the NAACP National Board of Directors.
It should be noted that this information is intended solely for educational purposes; the NAACP does not support, oppose or endorse a particular political candidate or political party.
Yes, it is appropriate to use factors such as race, ethnicity and gender when needed to remedy specific acts of illegal discrimination, and yes, unlawful discrimination
Yes, it is appropriate to use factors such as race, ethnicity and gender when needed to remedy specific acts of illegal discrimination, and yes, unlawful discrimination against people on these grounds should be fully prosecuted. No, our society should not use quotas to guarantee results.
The question is how do we affirmatively act to most effectively level the playing field where it needs leveling? The playing field is not level for everyone, but there are people of all colors and all groups at both ends of that field.
The affirmative action remedies designed forty years ago should be reexamined. We need to understand not only where we have been, and the advances and evolution of groups' economic standing and of society more generally, but we need to have the hard discussion about how we move forward.
I believe that government should "not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting."
Our efforts to promote equal opportunity should focus on those who are disadvantaged. In access to quality education, we should focus on poorly performing schools that are not effectively educating our students, not on the students' race. In access to government contracting, government set-aside programs should focus on disadvantaged enterprises and employees, not their race, ethnicity, or gender. In access to capital, we should focus on programs that fairly help those who need help gaining access. In government employment, we should cast a wide net to ensure that all qualified people are recruited and hired. That is the challenge affirmative action should address.
I support affirmative action. When there is strong evidence of prolonged and systemic discrimination by organizations, affirmative action may be the only meaningful remedy
I support affirmative action. When there is strong evidence of prolonged and systemic discrimination by organizations, affirmative action may be the only meaningful remedy available. Given the dearth of black and Latino Ph.D. candidates in mathematics and the sciences, for example, a scholarship program for minorities interested in getting advanced degrees in these fields won't keep white students out of such programs, but can broaden the pool of talent that we need to prosper in the new economy. We shouldn't ignore that race continues to matter: To suggest that our racial attitudes play no part in the socio-economic disparities that we often observe turns a blind eye to both our history and our experience - and relieves us of the responsibility to make things right.
The Bush administration has made challenging affirmative action and scholarship programs one of the core missions of the Department of Justice. As President, I will rid the Department of ideologues and political cronies, and for the first time in eight years, the Civil Rights Division will actually be staffed with civil rights lawyers who prosecute civil rights violations, and employment discrimination, and hate crimes. And while I support affirmative action for minorities, I also support efforts to increase opportunities for qualified students from low-income backgrounds to attend colleges and universities regardless of their race.
Yes, it is appropriate to use factors such as race, ethnicity and gender when needed to remedy specific acts of illegal discrimination, and yes, unlawful discrimination
Yes, it is appropriate to use factors such as race, ethnicity and gender when needed to remedy specific acts of illegal discrimination, and yes, unlawful discrimination against people on these grounds should be fully prosecuted. No, our society should not use quotas to guarantee results.
The question is how do we affirmatively act to most effectively level the playing field where it needs leveling? The playing field is not level for everyone, but there are people of all colors and all groups at both ends of that field.
The affirmative action remedies designed forty years ago should be reexamined. We need to understand not only where we have been, and the advances and evolution of groups' economic standing and of society more generally, but we need to have the hard discussion about how we move forward.
I believe that government should "not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting."
Our efforts to promote equal opportunity should focus on those who are disadvantaged. In access to quality education, we should focus on poorly performing schools that are not effectively educating our students, not on the students' race. In access to government contracting, government set-aside programs should focus on disadvantaged enterprises and employees, not their race, ethnicity, or gender. In access to capital, we should focus on programs that fairly help those who need help gaining access. In government employment, we should cast a wide net to ensure that all qualified people are recruited and hired. That is the challenge affirmative action should address.
I support affirmative action. When there is strong evidence of prolonged and systemic discrimination by organizations, affirmative action may be the only meaningful remedy
I support affirmative action. When there is strong evidence of prolonged and systemic discrimination by organizations, affirmative action may be the only meaningful remedy available. Given the dearth of black and Latino Ph.D. candidates in mathematics and the sciences, for example, a scholarship program for minorities interested in getting advanced degrees in these fields won't keep white students out of such programs, but can broaden the pool of talent that we need to prosper in the new economy. We shouldn't ignore that race continues to matter: To suggest that our racial attitudes play no part in the socio-economic disparities that we often observe turns a blind eye to both our history and our experience - and relieves us of the responsibility to make things right.
The Bush administration has made challenging affirmative action and scholarship programs one of the core missions of the Department of Justice. As President, I will rid the Department of ideologues and political cronies, and for the first time in eight years, the Civil Rights Division will actually be staffed with civil rights lawyers who prosecute civil rights violations, and employment discrimination, and hate crimes. And while I support affirmative action for minorities, I also support efforts to increase opportunities for qualified students from low-income backgrounds to attend colleges and universities regardless of their race.
Yes, it is appropriate to use factors such as race, ethnicity and gender when needed to remedy specific acts of illegal discrimination, and yes, unlawful discrimination
Yes, it is appropriate to use factors such as race, ethnicity and gender when needed to remedy specific acts of illegal discrimination, and yes, unlawful discrimination against people on these grounds should be fully prosecuted. No, our society should not use quotas to guarantee results.
The question is how do we affirmatively act to most effectively level the playing field where it needs leveling? The playing field is not level for everyone, but there are people of all colors and all groups at both ends of that field.
The affirmative action remedies designed forty years ago should be reexamined. We need to understand not only where we have been, and the advances and evolution of groups' economic standing and of society more generally, but we need to have the hard discussion about how we move forward.
I believe that government should "not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting."
Our efforts to promote equal opportunity should focus on those who are disadvantaged. In access to quality education, we should focus on poorly performing schools that are not effectively educating our students, not on the students' race. In access to government contracting, government set-aside programs should focus on disadvantaged enterprises and employees, not their race, ethnicity, or gender. In access to capital, we should focus on programs that fairly help those who need help gaining access. In government employment, we should cast a wide net to ensure that all qualified people are recruited and hired. That is the challenge affirmative action should address.
I support affirmative action. When there is strong evidence of prolonged and systemic discrimination by organizations, affirmative action may be the only meaningful remedy
I support affirmative action. When there is strong evidence of prolonged and systemic discrimination by organizations, affirmative action may be the only meaningful remedy available. Given the dearth of black and Latino Ph.D. candidates in mathematics and the sciences, for example, a scholarship program for minorities interested in getting advanced degrees in these fields won't keep white students out of such programs, but can broaden the pool of talent that we need to prosper in the new economy. We shouldn't ignore that race continues to matter: To suggest that our racial attitudes play no part in the socio-economic disparities that we often observe turns a blind eye to both our history and our experience - and relieves us of the responsibility to make things right.
The Bush administration has made challenging affirmative action and scholarship programs one of the core missions of the Department of Justice. As President, I will rid the Department of ideologues and political cronies, and for the first time in eight years, the Civil Rights Division will actually be staffed with civil rights lawyers who prosecute civil rights violations, and employment discrimination, and hate crimes. And while I support affirmative action for minorities, I also support efforts to increase opportunities for qualified students from low-income backgrounds to attend colleges and universities regardless of their race.
Yes, it is appropriate to use factors such as race, ethnicity and gender when needed to remedy specific acts of illegal discrimination, and yes, unlawful discrimination
Yes, it is appropriate to use factors such as race, ethnicity and gender when needed to remedy specific acts of illegal discrimination, and yes, unlawful discrimination against people on these grounds should be fully prosecuted. No, our society should not use quotas to guarantee results.
The question is how do we affirmatively act to most effectively level the playing field where it needs leveling? The playing field is not level for everyone, but there are people of all colors and all groups at both ends of that field.
The affirmative action remedies designed forty years ago should be reexamined. We need to understand not only where we have been, and the advances and evolution of groups' economic standing and of society more generally, but we need to have the hard discussion about how we move forward.
I believe that government should "not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting."
Our efforts to promote equal opportunity should focus on those who are disadvantaged. In access to quality education, we should focus on poorly performing schools that are not effectively educating our students, not on the students' race. In access to government contracting, government set-aside programs should focus on disadvantaged enterprises and employees, not their race, ethnicity, or gender. In access to capital, we should focus on programs that fairly help those who need help gaining access. In government employment, we should cast a wide net to ensure that all qualified people are recruited and hired. That is the challenge affirmative action should address.
I support affirmative action. When there is strong evidence of prolonged and systemic discrimination by organizations, affirmative action may be the only meaningful remedy
I support affirmative action. When there is strong evidence of prolonged and systemic discrimination by organizations, affirmative action may be the only meaningful remedy available. Given the dearth of black and Latino Ph.D. candidates in mathematics and the sciences, for example, a scholarship program for minorities interested in getting advanced degrees in these fields won't keep white students out of such programs, but can broaden the pool of talent that we need to prosper in the new economy. We shouldn't ignore that race continues to matter: To suggest that our racial attitudes play no part in the socio-economic disparities that we often observe turns a blind eye to both our history and our experience - and relieves us of the responsibility to make things right.
The Bush administration has made challenging affirmative action and scholarship programs one of the core missions of the Department of Justice. As President, I will rid the Department of ideologues and political cronies, and for the first time in eight years, the Civil Rights Division will actually be staffed with civil rights lawyers who prosecute civil rights violations, and employment discrimination, and hate crimes. And while I support affirmative action for minorities, I also support efforts to increase opportunities for qualified students from low-income backgrounds to attend colleges and universities regardless of their race.
Yes, it is appropriate to use factors such as race, ethnicity and gender when needed to remedy specific acts of illegal discrimination, and yes, unlawful discrimination
Yes, it is appropriate to use factors such as race, ethnicity and gender when needed to remedy specific acts of illegal discrimination, and yes, unlawful discrimination against people on these grounds should be fully prosecuted. No, our society should not use quotas to guarantee results.
The question is how do we affirmatively act to most effectively level the playing field where it needs leveling? The playing field is not level for everyone, but there are people of all colors and all groups at both ends of that field.
The affirmative action remedies designed forty years ago should be reexamined. We need to understand not only where we have been, and the advances and evolution of groups' economic standing and of society more generally, but we need to have the hard discussion about how we move forward.
I believe that government should "not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting."
Our efforts to promote equal opportunity should focus on those who are disadvantaged. In access to quality education, we should focus on poorly performing schools that are not effectively educating our students, not on the students' race. In access to government contracting, government set-aside programs should focus on disadvantaged enterprises and employees, not their race, ethnicity, or gender. In access to capital, we should focus on programs that fairly help those who need help gaining access. In government employment, we should cast a wide net to ensure that all qualified people are recruited and hired. That is the challenge affirmative action should address.
I support affirmative action. When there is strong evidence of prolonged and systemic discrimination by organizations, affirmative action may be the only meaningful remedy
I support affirmative action. When there is strong evidence of prolonged and systemic discrimination by organizations, affirmative action may be the only meaningful remedy available. Given the dearth of black and Latino Ph.D. candidates in mathematics and the sciences, for example, a scholarship program for minorities interested in getting advanced degrees in these fields won't keep white students out of such programs, but can broaden the pool of talent that we need to prosper in the new economy. We shouldn't ignore that race continues to matter: To suggest that our racial attitudes play no part in the socio-economic disparities that we often observe turns a blind eye to both our history and our experience - and relieves us of the responsibility to make things right.
The Bush administration has made challenging affirmative action and scholarship programs one of the core missions of the Department of Justice. As President, I will rid the Department of ideologues and political cronies, and for the first time in eight years, the Civil Rights Division will actually be staffed with civil rights lawyers who prosecute civil rights violations, and employment discrimination, and hate crimes. And while I support affirmative action for minorities, I also support efforts to increase opportunities for qualified students from low-income backgrounds to attend colleges and universities regardless of their race.
Yes, it is appropriate to use factors such as race, ethnicity and gender when needed to remedy specific acts of illegal discrimination, and yes, unlawful discrimination
Yes, it is appropriate to use factors such as race, ethnicity and gender when needed to remedy specific acts of illegal discrimination, and yes, unlawful discrimination against people on these grounds should be fully prosecuted. No, our society should not use quotas to guarantee results.
The question is how do we affirmatively act to most effectively level the playing field where it needs leveling? The playing field is not level for everyone, but there are people of all colors and all groups at both ends of that field.
The affirmative action remedies designed forty years ago should be reexamined. We need to understand not only where we have been, and the advances and evolution of groups' economic standing and of society more generally, but we need to have the hard discussion about how we move forward.
I believe that government should "not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting."
Our efforts to promote equal opportunity should focus on those who are disadvantaged. In access to quality education, we should focus on poorly performing schools that are not effectively educating our students, not on the students' race. In access to government contracting, government set-aside programs should focus on disadvantaged enterprises and employees, not their race, ethnicity, or gender. In access to capital, we should focus on programs that fairly help those who need help gaining access. In government employment, we should cast a wide net to ensure that all qualified people are recruited and hired. That is the challenge affirmative action should address.
I support affirmative action. When there is strong evidence of prolonged and systemic discrimination by organizations, affirmative action may be the only meaningful remedy
I support affirmative action. When there is strong evidence of prolonged and systemic discrimination by organizations, affirmative action may be the only meaningful remedy available. Given the dearth of black and Latino Ph.D. candidates in mathematics and the sciences, for example, a scholarship program for minorities interested in getting advanced degrees in these fields won't keep white students out of such programs, but can broaden the pool of talent that we need to prosper in the new economy. We shouldn't ignore that race continues to matter: To suggest that our racial attitudes play no part in the socio-economic disparities that we often observe turns a blind eye to both our history and our experience - and relieves us of the responsibility to make things right.
The Bush administration has made challenging affirmative action and scholarship programs one of the core missions of the Department of Justice. As President, I will rid the Department of ideologues and political cronies, and for the first time in eight years, the Civil Rights Division will actually be staffed with civil rights lawyers who prosecute civil rights violations, and employment discrimination, and hate crimes. And while I support affirmative action for minorities, I also support efforts to increase opportunities for qualified students from low-income backgrounds to attend colleges and universities regardless of their race.
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