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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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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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 a very complex subject. Many people have their pros and cons about each side. Affirmative action has been here in America since 1960. It was an outcome for a Civil Rights Movement at the time. The president that had started it all was John F. Kennedy because he really did believe the equality of people. Lyndon B.Johnson helped the outlawing of school segregation and the Civil Right Act of 1964. The increase of minorities in the higher institutions and education facilities did
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Affirmative Action and Hate Crimes In a country the size of the United States‚ different races and different views on the equality of each race exist. Affirmative Action was a put in place by the Federal Government to help conserve the protection of rights towards minorities‚ whether it be determined by race or sex‚ during the time after the civil war when they people were still being discriminated upon based on these two aspects. Affirmative Action created a situation that allowed minorities
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PS M122B / ENV M161 2013 Paper #1 Frayman‚ Daniel Issue: Affirmative Action After reviewing two distinct sources‚ Wikipedia and Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP)‚ on the issue of affirmative action‚ it is evident of the disparities regarding the content in each. These differences arise from the fact that Wikipedia is a “bottom up” foundation where its articles are created and edited by random public volunteers while SEP is considered a “top down” encyclopedia that has its information written
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Affirmative Action and Whom to Hire Objectives - Ann Hopkins was hired as a senior manager in the Washington office of Price Waterhouse. Issues The company affirmative action office has strongly advised him to hire a young black woman‚ June Triss. Mr. Green believes Bob Young‚ a young white male‚ is better qualified for the job. 47 other plants have a young white male for this position. There are very few minorities working for this company. Comparison Chart on Mr. Green’s Evaluation
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Affirmative Action Wrong or Right Affirmative action is wrong and will not help solve the problems minorities face. The reason it is wrong is because it’s discrimination. It has no place in today’s society in today’s society because it does more bad than good. In addition to that most people don’t enjoy the presence of affirmative action. Also‚ it appears that affirmative action can actually be detrimental to employee’s health. First of all‚ affirmative action is discrimination; there
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Affirmative Action XX MGT 434 March 31‚ 2012 XX Affirmative Action After the introduction of affirmative action‚ the perception has become a controversial topic. Many individuals confuse affirmative action with the Equal Employment Opportunity and the Civil Rights Act of 1964‚ even though each share similar ambitions and motivations‚ each aspect is slightly different from the other. This paper investigates the essentials of affirmative action as it relates to the private and public sector
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Essay The Affirmative Action Debate Affirmative Action Defined Affirmative Action can be defined as “positive steps taken to increase the representation of women and minorities in areas of employment‚ education‚ and business from which they have been historically excluded (Standford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)”. However because those steps involve “preferential” selection affirmative action generates intense controversy (Standford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Affirmative Action (Negative)
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