Name: Trevor Clark
School: Michigan State University
Undergraduate major: Social Relations
Activities: MSU College Democrats, MSU Semester Study in DC, Studied Abroad at Cambridge University

Affirmative Action is an important issue on many levels. It allows women of all races and ethnicities the chance to try and earn equal pay for doing the same amount of work as a man, and it allows everyone who goes to school or work to experience people of diverse backgrounds. Most importantly the experience of meeting such diverse people is at least equally important as learning in class. If you can't appreciate, accept and work with people of all backgrounds in the global society we now have, it will not matter how much skill training you have. Affirmative Action allows this learning opportunity for all students of all races, genders and ethnicities.