GSU law professor explains the function of affirmative action

In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson issued an executive order to prohibit discrimination.

Under the order, federal contractors were required to take  “affirmative action” to ensure that applicants were not discriminated because of their race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.”

On Tuesday’s edition of “Closer Look” Tanya Washington Hicks, a professor of law at Georgia State University College of Law, told program host Rose Scott that national and state data shows that white women have benefited the most from affirmative action.