The Founding Years Of America

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…." Even before it became a nation, America was heralded as a land of equality. Thomas Jefferson's statement begs more than a few questions, one of which is: "How can we ensure equality to everyone?" Beginning in the late 1960s, the federal government provided an answer to this question in the form of affirmative action. In recent years, many people have called this policy into question. Interestingly, affirmative action is sometimes attacked by the people it helps, and defended by those it hurts. In particular, two recent essays demonstrate that people's race does not necessarily determine their beliefs on the issue of affirmative

This book is very informative towards historical events and answers many questions that I didn’t know. I gained a lot of knowledge upon completion of these notes. The first chapter talks about the founding of America and who really discovered it? Turns out Indians are people who were in America first. There are many theories on how they got here such as the migrated from northern Asia along the western coast of America on foot and by skin-covered boat. Or what the house of burgesses was Was the first legislative assembly in the american colonies which met in Jamestown. The second chapter contains information about The branches and how we gained independence. The first continental congress was made up of 56 delegates from every colony except

However African Americans were the main discriminated group and subjected to slavery. Woman also received discrimination but not as much as African Americans but their liberties were taken away from them, thus being the inferior’s or saw as those who had a disadvantage. Two hundred years later at the current time and date, America defines justices as equal treatment of all citizens under the law. Citizens that have been treated unfairly, and unjustly, injustice has been committed against. By all means it is the duty of America to see such injustice activities eliminated. In today’s society, it is important that every citizen regardless of race, religion, and sex is treated equally and given equal opportunity in acquiring an adequate job and the Admission offices for post secondary Education. Affirmative Action actually does the opposite; it gives the better hand to the minority while making it unfair for those who are not the minority. For example Affirmative action policies lower standards and make students less accountable. If standards for test scores, grade point average, etc. are lowered for

Affirmative action is a violation of the fundamental principle of fairness and the “American Dream”, defined as “the ideal that every U.S citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative” (Oxford Dictionaries, 2016).

Affirmative Action goes against what our country was founded on. Our preamble to the Constitution proclaims liberty and justice for everyone. We have worked so hard to perfect our country with our numerous amendments to the Constitution. Instead of solidifying the equalities we have worked for, it challenges the concept of equality.

In order for there to be unity among the groups that make up America, certain aspects of the “Liberal Individualist” Model and the “Politics of Difference” Model must be used to ensure racial equality. The “Liberal Individualist” Model suggest we remove unjust laws that hinder individuals while the “Politics of Difference” Model wanted to create programs to help disadvantaged minorities. In a sense, both plans will benefit racial groups. When unjust laws are revoked than it eliminates the injustices that the minorities had to face in America. The programs that helps minorities can help give an even playing field to compete with white Americans. Laws concerning affirmative action gave people the opportunity to allow people of color to overcome

Affirmative action has many ongoing arguments and debates. Many believe that Affirmative action is out dated and not needed in America anymore. It is true that equal rights have come a long way in America compared to the past. Affirmative action is believed to be a form of reverse discrimination because it favors one group over another. Some of the main concerns with Affirmative action is that it is forcing employers to hire lesser qualified personnel over more qualified personnel, just because of race. Where as to an African American male whom doesn’t have to same qualifications and experience as a Caucasian male, would be hired just solely based off his race. And this would cause the workforce standards to lower and maybe even slow down or lower production. This argument is a fair from employers who only wants to be able to hire the top applicants possible, without being mandated to meet a requirement that might force them to hire the lesser qualified candidates.

Affirmative action is an attempt to correct unequal distribution of benefits (status, income and wealth, power and authority), and burdens associated with ethnic and gender differences. Affirmative action has been promoted by the Federal government since the mid 1960's, when president Lyndon B. Johnson ordered federal contractors to adopt affirmative action plans. (Congress and the Nation, 748). This paper will focus on the relevance of affirmative action in the American society.

America has always struggled with discrimination and prejudice throughout its history. On July 2nd, 1964 the United States took a step in the right direction, when it recognized the principle that all men are created equal with the passage of the Civil Rights Act. The Act outlawed all discrimination formed on the basis of race, religious affiliation, gender or ethnic origin. In addition, it ended racial segregation in educational institutions and in the workplace. However, it can be argued that discrimination and prejudice remain today. America has attempted to stop this by instituting anti-discrimination laws, however the laws can only do so much.

Affirmative Action was implemented as part of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 authorized under President Lyndon B. Johnson’s executive order 11246, and the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The quota based system was enacted to close the gap between white male privilege and all ethnic minority groups to include women, homosexuals, the disabled as well as the elderly in attempt to rid professional institutions like businesses and universities of prejudice discrimination. In its 50 year history, much debate remains on whether the success of the program has actually aided in breaking down barriers or simply created a reverse discrimination paradox that disparages white males. As a result of this controversial

Affirmative action is a policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination in places of education and or work. Over the years, generations become more and more color blind. They join allegiance with the fight against discrimination. Affirmative action is no longer necessary because people should be served on merit, it leads to reverse discrimination and it encourages people to seek easy access rather than work hard. `

Affirmative action is a policy implemented into programs to provide equal admissions in school institutions and office for those under-represented in America. Affirmative action is an issue because some people believe it is an unfair policy, while others believe that it is one of the ways they can represent themselves in organizations/institutions. Because of historical events that has occurred, a race-conscious policy that creates open doors for those who were oppressed is one of the ways to make progress. Through this paper, the readers will be able to see why affirmative action is justified through premises addressing past injustices, what opposers view against the argument and how those opposer are wrong about their assumptions and a conclusion.

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 is the nation’s most ambitious attempt to redress its long history of racial and sexual discrimination, however in modern times and approximately forty years after the establishment of this policy, society is plagued with the issues of whether affirmative action is necessary, whether it is a benefit or detriment to society, and why it incites rather then eases the nation’s internal dilemmas after so many years of having been in effect. In the following paragraphs the issues surrounding this debate, such as what is the definition of affirmative action, how and why affirmative action was established to begin with, who is affected by this policy, whether affirmative action is still necessary in today’s society or if such

Social movements regarding racial and gender equality are becoming frequent news stories in the United States. While discrimination may not be as prominent as it was in the past, many individuals feel it still lingers within our society’s roots and gives unfair advantages to certain groups. One policy meant to counteract this is affirmative action. Focusing on jobs and education, affirmative action is a policy meant to provide opportunities for members of racial and ethnic minorities in order to eliminate discrimination (Macionis, 417). However, as with many social policies, it is a controversial and debated topic. In 2003, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the policy of affirmative action against Barbara Gruttner who thought that the University