Affirmative Action, Reverse Discrimination, Positive Discrimination, and Equal Employment; these are all forms of discrimination, although not as distinguishable as typical types of discrimination. Many questions can be raised by affirmative action; What impact does human nature have on the use of affirmative action? How is affirmative action viewed in the UK compared to the US? What is the history of affirmative action in America? What is the impact of affirmative action in international relations? Consider carefully the UK and the US, where affirmative action can happen in a multitude of places; such as employment and education. First of all, what are the benefits of having affirmative action? When UC Berkeley, UCLA and Rice University abandoned their affirmative action policies, minority admissions plummeted by as much as 61 percent. This is a surprisingly large number of students who are not admitted each year. The world operates on a global playing field; students must be surrounded by a diverse student body in order to compete well with others in this new international economy. Additionally, many of the graduates who have benefited from affirmative action programs would tell you that they have better jobs, higher pay, and overall better lives because of the advantage they received. (Messerli) After reading the last paragraph many people will wonder what could be bad about affirmative action. Most people's main concern is that this is reverse discrimination; just like the discrimination against minorities from long ago, but which now affects the majority. A study conducted by the Hoover Institution also demonstrated that affirmative action programs assist middle- and upper-class minorities, rather than lower-class ones...... middle of paper......99.article.• "Google Books Ngram Viewer. " Ngram Viewer. 2013. Accessed December 12, 2013. https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=affirmative action&year_start=1800&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=7&share=&direct_url=t1;,affirmative action;,c0#t1;, affirmative action;,c0-1.• Hanna, Jason and Bill Mears. “Court of Appeals Strikes Down Michigan’s Affirmative Action Ban.” CNN. November 16, 2012. Accessed December 13, 2013. http://edition.cnn.com/2012/11/15/justice/michigan-affirmative-action-ban/index.html?hpt=hp_bn1.• Messerli, Joe. “Affirmative Action: Overview.” Affirmative action: overview. April 2010. Accessed December 11, 2013. http://www.ncsl.org/research/education/affirmative-action-overview.aspx.• “What the Equality Act means for you as an education provider: schools." EHRC. August 31, 2010. Accessed December 13, 2013. http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/.