Affirmative Action Analysis
The shortcoming with Affirmative Action is the belief that justice is based on what is fair and what isn’t. Equal treatment lives in the soul of the idea that justice equals fairness, which gets looked at as all people are the same, which is incorrect. This falsehood leads to the need for fair play. With this, Affirmative Action becomes nothing more than equitable measures trying to level the playing field.
This leads to the round hole square peg problem when we realize we’re still staring inequality in the face because we took people that weren’t equal and applied the same treatment to them. So what is it that causes the un-level playing field that makes people unequal from the start, and leads to an attempt by Affirmative Action to balance …show more content…
The idea was to allow a certain number or percentage of minorities to be admitted into college or hired to maintain a good diversity in the college or company. The number or percentage was called a quota and was used even if the minorities did not have the same qualifications, grades or experience as other candidates. Employment candidates who were more qualified, but were Caucasian, would not be offered the job if a black person also applied in order to satisfy the Affirmative Action requirements. Similarly, colleges would admit students with lower grade average, lower SAT or ACT scores in an effort to meet the Affirmative Action requirements. The idea that Affirmative Action would help minorities who are in the poverty category can work against others who are in poverty. Kahlenberg (2010) quotes Dr. Martin Luther King …show more content…
To the people that oppose Affirmative Action your right to disagree is there to exercise. If I have the right to support it, you most definitely have the same right to speak out against it. We could also spend page after page talking about institutional racism, however, as adults we all should have a clear understanding of what is a privilege and what is a right. Live humble enough as to not take privileges for granted, or as a guarantee to our everyday normal life, because not everyone has access to those
This leads to the round hole square peg problem when we realize we’re still staring inequality in the face because we took people that weren’t equal and applied the same treatment to them. So what is it that causes the un-level playing field that makes people unequal from the start, and leads to an attempt by Affirmative Action to balance …show more content…
The idea was to allow a certain number or percentage of minorities to be admitted into college or hired to maintain a good diversity in the college or company. The number or percentage was called a quota and was used even if the minorities did not have the same qualifications, grades or experience as other candidates. Employment candidates who were more qualified, but were Caucasian, would not be offered the job if a black person also applied in order to satisfy the Affirmative Action requirements. Similarly, colleges would admit students with lower grade average, lower SAT or ACT scores in an effort to meet the Affirmative Action requirements. The idea that Affirmative Action would help minorities who are in the poverty category can work against others who are in poverty. Kahlenberg (2010) quotes Dr. Martin Luther King …show more content…
To the people that oppose Affirmative Action your right to disagree is there to exercise. If I have the right to support it, you most definitely have the same right to speak out against it. We could also spend page after page talking about institutional racism, however, as adults we all should have a clear understanding of what is a privilege and what is a right. Live humble enough as to not take privileges for granted, or as a guarantee to our everyday normal life, because not everyone has access to those