Arguing a Local Issue

Last semester in my speech class, my final assignment was a persuasive speech on a current event. During this time the elections were just ending, and some of the results were controversial. The controversy came from the results over proposal 2, which banned affirmative action. This topic was, and still is extremely important to me. This topic forced me to pay attention to the news, and I don't even watch the news.

This topic is not something that I want to do just to complete the assignment. Since day1 of this class, I knew that this was what I wanted to write about for the last paper. Moreover, the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative used systematic voter fraud in order to get its name on the ballot. 58% of Michigan voters voted in favor of the banning. These results will potentially push Michigan back to a time when minorities(especially African Americans) were discriminated against. I think that everyone knows that it's a very uneven playing field in our society, and affirmative action tried to level the playing field evenly. I believe that diversity is essential everywhere, especially on college campuses. The banning of affirmative action will not help at all!