Does the University of Texas's use of race as a consideration in the admissions process violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment? For what reasons was affirmative action considered necessary originally, and do you believe these reason still exist today? Why or why not? How, if at all, does your opinion on affirmative action in college admissions differ from your opin on affirmative action in hiring, employment, and money-lending? Explain. If you were in charge of hiring employees for a business, what actions if any, would you take to minimize unconscious racial, ethnic, and gender-based biases? Explain.