Analysis: Government Involvement In Affirmative Action
PLS 100
Mini-Essay #1
Government Involvement in Affirmative Action The Government should not continue affirmative action because it is no longer effective in preventing discrimination. Affirmative action has done a lot more harm than good because it is not hurting people that should not be denied opportunities. Affirmative action gives minorities an advantage, but it is not changing how people see them. It is no longer needed because minorities will still be able to get jobs and have plenty of opportunities without it in place. Affirmative action has allowed business and schools to accept people who are not as qualified, which is unfair to them. As a Caucasian person, I believe that we need to stop seeing people as different from us based …show more content…
Ogletree made a good point when he talked about how, “affirmative action must be limited in time, and the Court expects it will no longer be necessary twenty-five years from now,” (in Lanahan Readings, 383). He was saying that he felt that it should only be in place for a few years because he was able to anticipate the views of Americans changing. Several cases have been brought to court that may overturn affirmative action in the future. One case is the Fisher case, which “offers the opportunity, if those Justices choose to hear it, to at least fine tune and narrow the standards for using race in affirmative action in higher education admissions or even, perhaps, to overrule Grutter;” although this case is not perfect, it would be a good case to possibly end affirmative action (Wermiel). In my opinion, the race issue really isn’t even an issue anymore. I see more and more minorities in positions of power and being accepted into colleges. They have been given more …show more content…
However, there are still white people that live in poverty and bad neighborhoods as well. It is the children’s decision to continue education or not. They can get financial aid or find alternatives. Statistics show that they choose themselves to not continue to go tot school. In my opinion, affirmative action is no longer effective in helping minorities combat the effects of past discrimination because now it is hurting other people. It gives people an excuse to continue to discriminate by allowing them to see black people as needing help, which they no longer need. Anyone can turn their life around and do something great if they have the will power to do so, without the government’s help. As I mentioned before, affirmative action did have a timeline and I believe it has finally reached its
Mini-Essay #1
Government Involvement in Affirmative Action The Government should not continue affirmative action because it is no longer effective in preventing discrimination. Affirmative action has done a lot more harm than good because it is not hurting people that should not be denied opportunities. Affirmative action gives minorities an advantage, but it is not changing how people see them. It is no longer needed because minorities will still be able to get jobs and have plenty of opportunities without it in place. Affirmative action has allowed business and schools to accept people who are not as qualified, which is unfair to them. As a Caucasian person, I believe that we need to stop seeing people as different from us based …show more content…
Ogletree made a good point when he talked about how, “affirmative action must be limited in time, and the Court expects it will no longer be necessary twenty-five years from now,” (in Lanahan Readings, 383). He was saying that he felt that it should only be in place for a few years because he was able to anticipate the views of Americans changing. Several cases have been brought to court that may overturn affirmative action in the future. One case is the Fisher case, which “offers the opportunity, if those Justices choose to hear it, to at least fine tune and narrow the standards for using race in affirmative action in higher education admissions or even, perhaps, to overrule Grutter;” although this case is not perfect, it would be a good case to possibly end affirmative action (Wermiel). In my opinion, the race issue really isn’t even an issue anymore. I see more and more minorities in positions of power and being accepted into colleges. They have been given more …show more content…
However, there are still white people that live in poverty and bad neighborhoods as well. It is the children’s decision to continue education or not. They can get financial aid or find alternatives. Statistics show that they choose themselves to not continue to go tot school. In my opinion, affirmative action is no longer effective in helping minorities combat the effects of past discrimination because now it is hurting other people. It gives people an excuse to continue to discriminate by allowing them to see black people as needing help, which they no longer need. Anyone can turn their life around and do something great if they have the will power to do so, without the government’s help. As I mentioned before, affirmative action did have a timeline and I believe it has finally reached its