AFFIRMATIVE ACTION As much as we desire diversity‚ it will not occur if left to chance. We educate ourselves when we learn to interact with people of different colors and nationalities. During the last election‚ the majority of Americans voted for an African American President. Why then do we continue to use affirmative action to fight inequality? It is not so easy to wipe away centuries of inferiority‚ shame‚ and scars‚ by simply anointing one minority to the highest position in the land. It
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Gabriella Arreola United States Government – 2305 Dr. Nancy Hart 6 October 2014 Essay Set II – Affirmative Action The Supreme Courts have recently decided to allow states to abolish affirmative action in college admissions if state voters say so. Instead of getting rid of affirmative action altogether‚ the court decided to let state voters control what will happen. Affirmative action in evaluating college applicants has supporters and opponents on both sides of the political spectrum‚ but generally
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Damon Stevenson ENG 101 Spangler 02 May 2013 Affirmative Action Imagine for a second that its 2013 in the United States of America and you’ve been stripped of your current identity. Picture that in this day of age we still lived in a time where discrimination and inequality was a society norm and that you were thrust into a world that played on your vulnerabilities and crushed your dreams. For a moment we’d have to consider that people’s civil rights are being violated and that the poor
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RESEARCH PAPER AFFIRMATIVE ACTION INTRODUCTION Affirmative Action is an employment legislation protection system that is intended to address the systemized discrimination faced by women and minorities. It achieves this by enforcing diversity through operational intrusions into recruitment‚ selection‚ and other personnel functions and practices in America. Originally‚ Affirmative Action arose because of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s desire to integrate society on educational
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government contracts‚ admission to school and other benefits to minority groups and women. This policy was named Affirmative Action. Affirmative action goes back when discrimination was against african americans‚ native americans‚ hispanics‚ and women‚so to protect their rights‚ it was created. The federal government required for both states and local governments to have this programs. The policy also had to be followed by organizations and schools that received federal aid. There were quotas where
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Abstract What is affirmative action? Affirmative action is an action or policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination‚ esp. in relation to employment or education; positive discrimination. In the 1940s: President Roosevelt signed an order making discrimination illegal in defense contracting. 1954: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that "separate but equal" facilities on the basis of race were unconstitutionally discriminatory. The Act of 1964: Congress passed
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SECTION A: Short questions 1. Is affirmative action morally defensible? Explain Yes it is morally defensible in that: The tough realities faced in the past created divisions of the past regime between black and white communities and declaration of this policy assisted in ensuring that closing that gap and normalise the conditions at the workplace. In the past South Africa has had many inequalities and imbalances‚ and blacks were treated in a unfair manner and stigmatized. In 1994 Democracy
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Affirmative action is a practice that is intended to promote opportunities for the “protected class” which includes minorities‚ woman‚ and people with disabilities or any disadvantaged group for that matter. With affirmative action in place people of this protected class are given an even playing field in terms of hiring‚ promotion‚ as well as compensation. Historically‚ affirmative action is only known to have protected African Americans and woman; however that is not the case. Affirmative action
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Affirmative Action Right? Affirmative action has been around for decades. Some believe it isn’t fair but others do. Those who believe and agree with affirmative action tend to say‚ “The principle of affirmative action is to promote societal equality through the preferential treatment of socioeconomically disadvantaged people” (Bidmead‚ Andrew pg 3). Others that disagree with it and find it unfair simply see it as another form of discrimination‚ giving one group extra advantages based upon nothing
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Affirmative Action in the Workplace When you think of affirmative action in the workplace do you think of equal rights for all‚ or just equal rights for minorities. Affirmative action is the extent to which employers make an effort through their personal practices to attract retain‚ and upgrade members of the protected classes of the 1964 Civil Rights Act‚ (Bernardin & Russell 2013). In easier terms affirmative action is known to be the equal opportunity measures that Federal contractors and subcontractors
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