There are some good arguments in favor of affirmative action. But there are all too many bad ones. In a letter to the editor of the Daily Nexus, someone writes, "Do you know what the immediate effects of 209 [the California Proposition to end affirmative action] are? It makes women and people of color feel unwelcome..." Hmm...it makes them FEEL unwelcome. Well, they have no reason to feel unwelcome. It's unfortunate that the passing of a law would make people feel unwelcome. They really have no logical reason to feel that way. All that 209 does is disallow giving special preferences to women and "minorities". That does not in any way mean they are unwelcome. Unfortunatley, many of them will feel unwelcome because people tell them that they are supposed to feel unwelcome. but they have no reason to feel this way.