Pros And Cons Of Affirmative Action

Affirmative Action has been around for a very long time, as time progress so have the people of this nation. The people we were in the 50’s and 60’s are significantly different from who we are today. I think that Affirmative Action is a good contribution and should be kept around. When I think about all the great things that minorities can do I don’t see were any harm is being done.

Affirmative action and any race-positive policies should be dismantled; I disagree with affirmative action. Better stated from the debate question: like Jim Crow, affirmative action is invidious racial discrimination. Affirmative action should take the path similarly to that taken in California – become abolished. Affirmative action does discriminate on a racial level. Affirmative action implies that minorities cannot achieve a certain goal without the help of a race-positive policy, which is invidious racial discrimination. While policies developed to create diversity may (or may not) bring in diversity, the policies are damaging and create a “second-class ‘minority degree.’” (Scalia, 1979) Colleges and employers should look at substance and

Affirmative action is designed to end discrimination and unfair treatment of students based on color, but it in effect does the opposite. Whites who work harder and/or are more qualified can be passed over strictly because they are white. Contrary to many stereotypes, many minorities

local agencies from granting preferential treatment to any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in public education, public employment or public contracting” (NCSL). Eventually there was 7 other states that followed in the steps of California and have completely banned the use of Affirmative Action policies like Florida, , Michigan, and Washington (NY Times).

According to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, affirmative action is defined as "any measure, beyond simple termination of a discriminatory practice, adopted to correct or compensate for past or present discrimination or to prevent discrimination from recurring in the future" (Statement on Affirmative Action, 1977). In the United States affirmative action is mostly associated with education, particularly college admissions. Certain universities and colleges would have a “prominent form of racial preferences” in their application process (Kahlenberg, 2015). According to Richard D. Kahlenberg, he claims colleges are able to limit or end affirmative action by showing how they can diversify without it. Recently, The University of Texas at Austin was challenged with affirmative action by twenty-three year old white female, Abigail Fisher. Fisher claims that she was rejected by the University, yet other students of different minorities managed to get in despite being less qualified. The Fisher case was an attempt to send a strong signal to colleges in

Affirmative action was created on March 6, 1961 by president John F. Kennedy and has since then expanded into a heated debate. Affirmative action was first established as a result of the Civil Rights Movement to grant equal opportunities for minority groups in the United States. Affirmative action can be seen as a compensatory measure to a racially discriminated group in a cultures history. It is very easy for someone to become involved in a debate about affirmative action because we live in a society where racial discrimination is seen often. Racial injustice can be seen first hand or on television with programs such as the news that heavily publicize racial inequality events.

Affirmative action is a question of morals, so I do believe the affirmative action programs should be based on race. Usually affirmative action defined the policy of giving opportunities to racial minority groups or women, not the economic weak.

1. According to Washington Post, affirmative action states that “minorities and women to be given special consideration in employment, education and contracting decisions.” Affirmative action programs have both positive and negative outcome that make them controversial. Some people are against affirmative action because it lessens the value of hard work of minorities and women, it increases hatred between races, people should be chosen because of their talents not their race or gender, and affirmative actions can not fix the past. Some people are for affirmative actions because it creates an equal opportunity for those with a disadvantage, diversity is helpful overall for the success of the business, and it is a way for society to make up for

However, the policy is currently hindering the majority more than helping the minority individuals, so Affirmative Action is actually doing great harm to the society in United States as a whole. If Affirmative Action is not helping the majority of the people, and only helping the minority, most of the people in this country do not get the benefits of this policy, but rather, the policy harms them.

After choosing and reading two of the three articles, I gained a new perspective on how people in this country truly felt about affirmative action. While reading one of the articles I caught myself relating to the person in the article. All of the articles were well written and highlighted many of the many points about affirmative action that showed the bad aspects as well as the good aspects of it.

Affirmative action programs were first established in the early 1960s, before the Civil Rights acts of the 1960s and at a time when discrimination against African Americans in employment, education, and housing was widespread, overt, and socially sanctioned by many groups. (Sullivan,T. 2016)

Today, affirmative action is trying to treat people equally by unequally treating others to solve the problem when in fact creating more problems. The synonyms for the term “affirmative action” is anti-discrimination, equals right policy, and fair treatment. However, does the term live up to its true meaning of equal opportunities? Affirmative action has been a controversial topic ever since President Johnson issued the Executive Order in 1965. As stated, the order would increase the numbers of minorities in jobs and schools nationwide. As a minority myself, I do not think the policy longer applies to today’s jobs and education systems, but instead does the complete opposite. Others will say, “the third fallacy is, affirmative action does not

Affirmative action opens the door to diversity in a job or educational setting that would not normally be there. Not only did the diversity increase but it increased at a fast pace. Woman and minorities are usually the ones that are left at a disadvantage when in comes to having equal opportunities. There are specific jobs and universities that a minority or woman would be intimidated to apply for. Affirmative action gives them the confidence to consider these places that they would have never considered before. Lets face it, there is still plenty of discrimination and stereotyping that goes on in our society. Affirmative action gives this group of individuals the push they need to be on the same level as everyone else.

Most people have at least a general idea of what affirmative action is. In short, affirmative action is a legislative policy that gives preference to certain races or ethnicities for government jobs or for publicly funded university admissions. Affirmative action was created over 50 years ago as a way of “leveling the playing field” for minorities who are not often highly represented in colleges or certain careers. This does not change the fact that affirmative action is a deeply flawed idea. Although affirmative action was created with good intentions, the policy needs to be outlawed, as it is discriminatory, detrimental to the country, and does not work as intended.

Affirmative action has been a controversial matter in education for various reasons. Those who oppose affirmative action, often refer to it as “reverse discrimination.” Whites feel as if affirmative action makes society unjust for whites. They argue that being white will impair you from succeeding in life with affirmative action in place. I find this Ludacris, for centuries minorities have been oppressed and not able to succeed in life. Affirmative action only even’s the playing field to allow the minority group to have a chance at a well off life. In the case The University of Texas vs. Fisher; Abigail Fisher felt as if being white affected her admission process and that minorities took more “worthy” and “qualified” persons’ spots, due to