Affirmative action, as we have known it, is probably dead. Good riddance. For the past quarter of a century, many blacks have looked to affirmative action, despite its shortcomings, as a symbol of America's longdenied promise of racial equality. But its original purpose, as a means to help compensate African-Americans for slavery and its racist legacy, has long since been … [Read more...] about Affirmative Action, R.I.P.