Discrimination resolution

Bush's cynical ploy to address the real issue of discrimination facing many Hispanics plus this new debate in my own backyard had me wondering about how society resolves the problem of discrimination. Propping up a couple of millionsaires just for the sake of political capital doesn't strike me as an honest or serious method nor does the proposed system that they are talking about here in France where resumes will be anonymous. Funny enough, in France, quotas are an idea of the right (Sarkozy) and will soon be receiving more attention nationally as third and fourth generation North Africans are left out of the system and become increasingly frustrated.

So how do we resolve continuing discrimination? Quotas? Laws? Enforcement of laws? Activism/community awareness? Cabinet posts for exceptions? Nothing?