Affirmative Action Today Recently there have been many issues regarding affirmative action and many politicians have been asking themselves‚ what is the place of affirmative in twenty-first century America? To obtain my own answer to this question a read two articles. One from the Guardian called “Rethinking affirmative action” written by Nicolaus Mills and another from the New York Times title “The Affirmative Action War Goes On”. In “Rethinking affirmative action”‚ Nicolaus Mills claims that
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ASSIGNMENT 01 DUE DATE: 04 March 2013 SECTION A: SHORT QUESTIONS AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: A LOSING BATTLE? 1. Yes. Affirmative action is aimed at addressing the imbalances of the past. It is sanctioned and required by the constitutional requirement to achieve substantive or real equality. There is a moral imperative on all South Africans to work towards the achievement of a more equitable society. Racial discrimination‚ in contrast‚ has no rational and objective premise and simply appeals to
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(1) Is affirmative action policy morally defensible? Explain. Affirmative action refers to the policy being implemented to create equality within racism‚ religion‚ sexuality and colour.It is being discussed in South Africa that the policies focus on employment‚ education and health programs that disadvanted people and women have equal opportunities in the work place. President John Kennedy of United Nations signed it on March 1961 that government employers "not discriminate against‚ any employee
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Although affirmative action was originally implemented to assist minorities however‚ it can be argued that in turn affirmative action hurts minorities and in a way puts them at an educational disadvantage. The Most prominent advantage for minorities is that they can attend more elite schools than majorities. In recent years many scholars have noticed several instances where an under qualified student has been admitted to a school and not been successful because of their lack of preparation. For
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Affirmative action is the policy in which schools give priority to students who tend to suffer from discrimination. The policy was intended to give minorities equal rights in the admission process‚ however nowadays‚ it gives an unfair preference to one group of students‚ as opposed to being equal. This leads into the discussion of racial discrimination. Opponents of the law say that affirmative action gives minorities an unfair advantage over non-minorities. On the other side‚ proponents of the law
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Many years had passed until Affirmative Action was again brought up in court. In 2003‚ the cases of Gratz v. Bollinger and Grutter v. Bollinger set the stage for another challenge against Affirmative Action‚ but the Supreme Court stood its ground again and a decision was made that an increase in the number of minority applicants at a university was not unconstitutional. Affirmative Action was initially set in motion and passed as a law in order to alleviate a situation in which minorities were
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Affirmative action is still necessary because it was affective for helping minorities‚ it has the potential to start ending poverty‚ and bring the lower class to the middle class. When John F. Kennedy signed the Executive Order 10925‚ it begin a change for diversity in employment and education. This order was very effective to help races such African-Americans and Latinos find jobs and go to college who have been discriminated in the past. This action was very necessary at the time‚ but quickly leveled
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The Necessity and Effects of Affirmative Action in the United States of America * Outline Introduction Opener: A brief explanation on the Affirmative Action Policy Thesis statement: Having the Affirmative Action Policy is necessary as it has its strengths and weaknesses that affect the citizens of the United States of America. The Affirmative Action Policy was absolutely a necessity in the 1960s which was when the policy was first implemented. The policy was a necessity to overcome the
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Affirmative Action is any effort taken to expand opportunity for women or racial‚ ethnic and national origin minorities by using membership in those groups that have been subject to discrimination as a consideration. The Fourteenth Amendment states that no person in the United States shall‚ on the ground of race‚ color‚ or national origin‚ be excluded from participation in‚ be denied the benefits of‚ or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance
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Affirmative Action in Higher Education Affirmative action should not be aloud in public education. Admission into higher education facilities should be based upon an individuals academic performance‚ not on race or gender. At certain colleges‚ a high percentage of undergraduate admission decisions are based upon race. While some students who exceed admission requirements are rejected from these higher education facilities because they are not of ethnic decent. Colleges have also based admission
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