Frank Wu, dean of Wayne State's Law School, cautioned that the issue surrounding the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative is "far wider than a black and white one." Too often, he said, the issue is framed as one involving African-Americans. The initiative would outlaw the use of affirmative action in college admissions - and also affect hiring practices for every unit of local government in the state. The measure also prohibits the preferential admissions or hiring of women, as well as all other minority groups. And Michigan is becoming, as Dean Wu noted, an increasingly diverse society, with increasing numbers of Hispanic-Americans, Arab-Americans, and Asian-Americans. "We need to talk about what affirmative action is intended to address," he said. And what sort of society we want to have and how we get there."