Reverse Discrimination And White Paper

Throughout history, the affirmative action has been supporting women and minorities, which has has a reverse discrimination against white men. White men has mainly been seen throughout the years as the dominate individuals who has received a magnificent amount of assistance, respect, and much more compared to the "underdogs"! The "underdogs" (women and minority) has struggled during the last centuries with the right to vote, the right to fight, the right to equality, the right to be free, and the right to work.

In a world that is quick to state discrimination has taken place, there is a new discrimination emerging (i.e. reverse discrimination). Is this form of discrimination really discrimination? What diversity practices would you put in place to prevent any kind of discrimination?

Reverse discrimination has become a joke with in many minority communities, “approximately seven in ten black (74%) and Hispanic Americans (70%) do not believe discrimination against whites is as big of a problem as discrimination against other groups” (Public Religion Research Institute 38). This is because many people hold the opinion that only minorities can be discriminated against. According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission “Race

Discrimination is nothing new to our society or is it something that should be taken lightly and for many decades our Nation has endured many conflicts that have tested the will of Americans over the decades and it is evident that as we have become more diverse so too has our workforce. Although, we are in the twenty first century the goal is to understand why prejudice and discrimination is still so prevalent and how we can do better while trying to bring together our different backgrounds, skills, and experiences still has proven to be an issue that minorities are constantly fighting as they struggle to find there place in society. Through an array of well-educated researchers showing how diversity is nothing new to our society, but if we are to continue to grow and move forward we must be able to understand that with diversification we can foster a strong and inclusive economy that is built to last and nurture a nation that will continue to lead the world as standard setter.

Nice post William, I couldn’t agree with you more. Raising the admissions standards at any college or university is unconstitutional. Yet, some school’s tried to racially balance their institutions population by giving special incentives, like the University of Michigan Law School, “where they added points to test scores of all minority applicants, but was later struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2003(Buchanan, 2004, para. 2).”

A previous writing assignment I had to complete in the past was my racial discrimination paper for my Written Communications class at Humphreys College in Stockton, California. This assignment was both interesting, but tedious at the same time. Racial discrimination is still a major issue in the United States today and when I wrote this paper, that is what I kept in mind. There was three main parts to this assignment: an 8-page paper, a 10-slide PowerPoint, and a 15-long speech. In my paper, I provided examples of racial discrimination in films, books, the school environment and workplace.

Affirmative action is termed reverse discrimination by those who oppose the policy. “[Affirmative Action] causes a form of reverse discrimination by favoring one group over another, based on racial preference” (NCSSL.ORG) Reverse discrimination consists of members of a majority being discriminated in favor of historically disadvantaged group of people. Because affirmative action is seen as reversing discrimination it is seen as using or practicing the same discrimination that is it seeking to eliminate. A debate forum wrote that, “affirmative action keeps societies aware of the barriers that divide it and actually perpetuates alienation and resentment between ethnically diverse groups, thus increasing rather than reducing racial tension” Debate.org This argument supports the highly criticized aspect of discrimoination involved in affirmative action policies. Others also believe that those who benefit from affirmative action are given an unfair advantage over the rest. For example the journal “ Does Affirmative Action Work?” argues that “affirmative action policies have also been criticized for stoking resentment between groups that qualify for assistance and those that believe that minorities have been given an unfair leg up.” BROWN The discrimination aspect of affirmative action make the policy a negative one for many in the U.S. Mari Teigen suggests that, “affirmative action is a form of discrimination against those not benefiting from such procedures.”

Question at Issue Affirmative action was implemented with the idea and hope that America would finally become truly equal. The tension of the 1960's civil rights movement had made it very clear, that the nation's minority and female population were not receiving equal social and economic opportunity. The implementation of affirmative action was America's first honest attempt at solving a problem, it had previously chose to ignore. However, there are many people that don't see affirmative action as a positive solution to this major societal problem of racial inequality. These people feel that Affirmative action uses reverse discrimination to solve the problem of discrimination in the

David A. Robinson wrote a short book, Workplace Discrimination: Tips for Executives, Managers, and Students to Increase Productivity and Reduce Litigation, in hopes to help managers and future managers avoid illegal discrimination and avoid discrimination lawsuits. Robinson began with telling about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech and compared it to the time today to American President Barak Obama. From Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech to the inauguration of American President Barak Obama, many things have changed within the fifty year time period. In this 95 page short book, Robinson gives examples of how managers or employers should react to situations and how to avoid illegal discrimination. Robinson goes into

Affirmative action is not the source of discrimination, but the vehicle for removing the effects of discrimination. The Labor Department report found less than 100 reverse discrimination cases among more than 3,000 discrimination opinions by the U.S. District Court and the Court of Appeal between 1990 and 1994. Discrimination was established in only six cases. The report found that, "Many of the cases were the result of a disappointed applicant…. erroneously assuming that when a woman or minority got the job, it was because of race or sex, not qualifications."(SF Chronicle, March 31, 1995) Job discrimination is grounded in prejudice and exclusion, whereas affirmative action is an effort to overcome prejudicial

While less recognized, reverse racial discrimination has also been reported in recent years, involving situations in which Whites complained of being racially discriminated against. As Affirmative Action and other initiatives sought to level the playing field and more equally represent racial minority groups in the job market, Whites began to feel as though their skin color was preventing employment. Affirmative Action, for example, resulted in a number of vocal Whites protesting that jobs were given to applicants belonging to the minority group even when White applicants possessed more qualifications. Interestingly, this directly mirrors the discrimination reported by non-Whites throughout the ages.

Civil rights activist Al Sharpton said, “We have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still saturate our society in modern ways”. This quote rings true where equality in the workplace is concerned. In Toni Cade Bambara’s short story “The Lesson”, we see what social discrimination looks like through the eyes of children who are observing a wealthier part of town. In their eyes, they see and injustice and question why it is not being altered into something centered more on equality and equal opportunity. Toni Cade Bambara’s story “The Lesson” is written to make a point about racial discrimination in the workplace and social inequality.

Racism is the belief that one race is superior to another. Discrimination has been going on for generations among generations. Many years ago people of different races were divided from each other. Public places were segregated, colored people had to use specific water fountains, schools were segregated, and blacks had to sit at the back of the buses. If they were to disobey, then there would be consequences and repercussions. Equality was a figment of imagination, a dream the minority groups had. Throughout the years racism has decreased and many things pertaining to racism were made illegal, but that doesn’t mean racism disappeared. If people were to resume racist behaviors, that can lead the world back to the days of inequality.

Professor Julie Minikel-Lacocque from the University of Wisconsin in Whitewater analyzes racial macroaggressions research and explores the subtle racisms that six Latino students encounter in a majority white university. In her research, Minikel Lacoque argues for a greater understanding and an increase in the use of the term “racial microaggressions” within all education, but specifically in higher education. Although she reiterates using the term can be misleading in academics, resulting in negative consequences.

How I feel about African American and Latino being discriminated against, being stereotype and dealing with biases situation, I do not care for it. I do not like when any culture is discriminated I feel that person is immature and the person is ignorant and not no better. My attitude toward discrimination, stereotype and being in biases situation it makes me have a bad attitude because it gets under my skin when this happen to any culture because I feel that we all should have the same rights. My beliefs are to get to know a person before stereotyping a person and not to discriminate against anyone. My cultural norms, I grew up with these problems I have learn about things happen in the pass and I see that discrimination, stereotype and biases still happen today in society. Discrimination, stereotypes, and biases been in my cultural norm it just how you are dealing with the situation, I decide to move on with life and do my best and be the women I am, by standing or values, perceptive and how I view the world. My coworker exactly chances my mindset and look at things in a different angle, I was talking the assignment I ask him how he feel about being African American and being discriminate he feel it a big cover up for what really going I this world, he share with me that he used to be racial, and not like Whites at all but know he say because he older he feel different and try not to judge nobody. My conclude and how I