The Century Foundation is a progressive nonpartisan think tank. Originally known as the Twentieth Century Fund, it was founded in 1919 and initially endowed by Edward Filene, a leading Republican businessman and champion of fair workplaces and employee ownership strategies, all with an eye to ensuring that economic opportunity is available to all. Today, TCF issues analyses and convenes and promotes the best thinkers and thinking across a range of public policy questions. Its work today focuses on issues of equity and opportunity in the United States, and how American values can be best sustained and advanced in a world of more diffuse power.…
Affirmative Action is any active efforts that take in account race, sex, and national origin for the purpose of remedying and preventing discrimination. In 1961, President Kennedy made Affirmative Action to show equality. He also did this to increase the minorities in College. Later on, people such as white males didn’t like it because they weren’t getting into college. Most people believe that Affirmative Action should be taken away. People say that, 20% of the minorities that got to the top college drops out. They also say that, minorities that get in is only from Affirmative Action.…
Should a man be hired for his skills or for the color of his skin? Is racial diversity in the business world more important then the most qualified workers? Affirmative action has become an important topic in today 's society to better diversify the different races in America. Affirmative action is a set of public policies that were designed for the elimination of discrimination toward race, color, sex, etc. These policies are under attack today because of the unfairness toward the more qualified people. Increasing opportunities for a minority that has suffered past discrimination is the cause for affirmative action, and for the reverse discrimination toward the majority. Many people view discrimination toward one race today to compensate for the discrimination of another race in the past as unfair. This reverse discrimination is unfair treatment toward the majority. Affirmative actions are policies created to give preferential treatment to the discriminated, but also discriminate as well.…
According to my reading from the article of Nancy Canton I have determined that critical thinking was implemented. She used a lot of things about critical thinking, which were allocated from the text. She strongly expresses her opinion throughout the article to allow the reader to understand her points of view. They were also some valid points made as well to give more incite as to the things being expressed in the article. Nancy used two valid points of critical thinking opinions and logic two parts of critical thinking.…
Students are increasingly being admitted to colleges based on the color of their skin, rather than their actual talent that sets them apart from others because of Affirmative Action programs. Affirmative Action is defined as:…
In 1972 The Equal Opportunities Act of 1972 set up a commission to enforce the…
Marielena Hincapie’s article “Let Us DREAM” from the Huffington Post, published December 10, 2010 explains the argument on the passing of the DREAM Act and how she and the DREAMers are hoping for a better future and that will happen if the DREAM Act is passed, Marielena is in favor of the DREAM Act. She is the executive director of the National Immigration Law Center she’s a public interest lawyer who protects the rights of immigrant workers as herself, she serves on the American Bar Associations Commission on Immigration and on the executive committee of the National Lawyers Guilds Labor and Employment Committee.…
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 say affirmative action is the way to reverse the negative effects caused by years of racism and discrimination before 1961. I believe that affirmative action is a good sentiment to the minority community, however, I think it’s the incorrect approach to fix the problem. You can’t solve the problem of discrimination by creating more discrimination.…
Hello Class. Let me start off by saying that I support the Republican Party's ideas and values and I am a proud supporter of George W. bush. Do I have your attention now? good. Founded in 1974, the American Association for Affirmative Action, otherwise known as AAAA is a non profit organization that helps minorities achieve equal opportunity in the work force (www.AffirmativeAction.org). The problem with American today is that we are seen as different people because of our skin color, and a catalyst for this is in fact, Affirmative Action. Don't get me wrong, I personally feel as if diversity should definitely be introduced to every single job that this country has to offer, but the way hiring goes is what's wrong. Let me give you a brief history of this country. Back in 1776 America gained independence from England and in the next 180 years, everyone worked for where they were. In the late 1800 early 1900's immigrants from Italy and Ireland came to American in search for a better life and had to work for every dime they ever made. My grandfather had 13 children, and his hard work and dedication to educate him self made him the man he was. In my opinion, as soon as Affirmative Action began, this country lost its dog eats dog mentality when it came to self achievement.…
The argument for affirmative action is pretty simple; people just want a fair chance at obtaining jobs they are qualified for and the chance of going to a school because of their academic abilities. Affirmative action programs were put in place to break down walls within schools, businesses, and organizations and implement opportunities for people that were normally over looked because of race and sexual discrimination. Historical affirmative action cases have proven that there was a huge separation between people because of race and sex. Statistics have also shown that ignoring the problem of discrimination only leads to bigger social problems. The affirmative action programs also wanted compensatory justice, and this is something else that people agreed with. People feel that they did not live their lives to the fullest extend because so many rights, and things were taken away from them and members of their families, so they wanted to be compensated for it. We have to be careful that we do not reverse discrimination to others because of their gender, nationality, or family status, while pushing the point of affirmative action. If a person has never been discriminated against, then it would be hard for them to really understand why affirmative action is so important. History cannot right the wrongs of the past, people just…
On Wednesday June 11, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time), the Prime Minister of Canada, the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, made a Statement of Apology to former students of Indian Residential Schools, on behalf of the Government of Canada.…
Affirmative action enables students to reach their full potential in subject areas that they would not normally have been interested in. With affirmative action in place, minorities have a better chance at getting into "Ivy League" schools. While taking into consideration grades, students of all ethnicity's should have the same opportunities at the same careers, but it is not always that easy to decide upon. There are approximately 42 million African Americans in the United States alone. Approximately 2.9 million are enrolled in college. There is a huge gap in the amount of “African Americans going to college and living. Affirmative action makes it easier for African Americans to go to schools besides Historically Black Colleges and Universities.…
Affirmative Action. For many Texas high school students, these two words haunt them. Their future, or at least their future at the University of Texas, depends on these words. For Abigail Noel Fisher, a 2008 graduate from Sugar Land, Texas, affirmative action and its race bias policies allegedly ruined her chances of getting into this prestigious state university. Fisher argues that race should not be a factor in college admissions processes, Fisher argues for equality. Equality in respect to race is in our constitution; it surrounds us everyday. In theory, race should be irrelevant in this day and age. Humanity has established that one race is not superior to another, so why should race matter at all in the college admissions process? Why should the University of Texas, or any other university, have that “check your race” box on their applications? Abigail Fisher, and every other person applying to the university, deserves as much opportunity as every other student of any race. When it comes to college, intelligence and character should be key to admission- not the color of the applicant’s skin. The University of Texas’ current affirmative action policy is an unfair college admissions process that the Supreme Court should ban so that admissions are based on intellectual ability in high school, national testing scores, extracurricular activities, and community service; this should be changed so that every person, regardless of race, has equal opportunity to be accepted into the university of their choosing.…
Affirmative action is a controversial topic topic, especially in American society. Affirmative action is an active effort to improve the employment or education opportunities of members of minority groups and women. It also means a similar effort to promote the rights of other disadvantaged persons. In America, affirmative action is for a disadvantaged group to have equal opportunities, regardless of: race, religion/creed, sex, national origin, and disability (OFCCP). Many surround the words affirmative action around race, but socioeconomic status, gender, and various other background characteristics play a role. These factors and more especially in the realm of education. Affirmative action is beneficial due to its history and who it affects.…
In recent years, issues involving the Fourteenth Amendment have come to the forefront of United States news. Adopted on July 9, 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment was primarily aimed at providing equal protection and protecting citizenship rights of former slaves and white Americans alike. In today’s society, the importance of the this far-reaching Amendment is becoming remarkably manifest.…