Affirmative Action: The Bane of Progress Discrimination is something any rational member of society would like to dispel. Discrimination is something that has stunted the growth of the great country of America for a number of years. A policy called affirmative action was introduced to prioritize the inclusion of minorities in a number of aspects. Affirmative action in university admissions started in the late 1960s as an effort to jump-start racial integration. Affirmative action in college
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The Pros and Cons of Affirmative Action 1 The Pros and Cons of Affirmative Action Detroit Adapted from The North Star Network‚ (2003)
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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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Current affirmative action programs rest on fundamentally incompatible principles that frustrate‚ rather than facilitate‚ the attainment of true educational diversity. The core problem is that universities have largely disregarded the only permissible goal of affirmative action programs—educational diversity —in favor of remedying past discrimination. In doing so‚ race and other immutable characteristics have become proxies for a diverse student body at the expense of the many factors that more
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Pros and Cons of Affirmative Action 2 The Pros and Cons of Affirmative Action in the Workplace According to the Encarta Dictionary‚ affirmative action (AA) is a policy or program aimed at countering discrimination against minorities and women‚ especially in employment and education. There are those who feel that AA has exceeded its usefulness‚ and is no longer required. Opposite that viewpoint‚ many think that AA has served its purpose well‚ but there is still a steady need and place for
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The concept of affirmative action is found in a speech by President Kennedy when he was referring to the government’s responsibility to ensure that affirmative action was taken with regard to equal employment opportunities for individuals regardless of race‚ creed‚ color‚ or national origin. It is interesting that although President Kennedy pioneered the concept of affirmative action‚ it was President Lyndon Johnson who first applied this concept by taking steps to equalize the presence of individuals
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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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Affirmative Action in University Admission: Liberal Theory Respect for the autonomy of a person rejects distributive justice in higher education admission ‘All justice involves discrimination’1 Aristotle’s teleological view on justice focuses on the goal of an action rather than its initial fairness. As it is the outcome that matters‚ discrimination on the way is inevitable in order to achieve equality in a society. The case of Cheryl Hopwood’s rejection to the University of Texas due to
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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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