1) Thesis statement: Affirmative action is a necessary tool to address past discrimination‚ promote diversity‚ and ensure equal opportunities in education and employment‚ despite recent challenges. 2) Necessary Background Information: Understanding President Kennedy’s Executive Order 10925 in 1961 and legal rulings such as Regents v. Bakke (1978) is crucial to comprehending what surrounds this issue. Affirmative action stemmed from President Kennedy’s Executive Order 10925 in 1961 and this executive
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differences in each state. Many of the differences were easy to ignore‚ except for the souths view of slavery . The difference between the opinion of racial equality caused such a great divide‚ that it leads to the Civil War. The brutal war lead to the deaths of many important generals and hundreds of thousands of soldiers from both sides‚ lost their lives. The north and the south were very different socially‚ politically and economically
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Affirmative Action has been creating many problems for non-minority students in the college admissions process across the country. I believe that college admissions should be based on merit‚ not race. I understand colleges are worried about creating diversity at their University‚ but there are other ways around this. In the long run‚ Affirmative Action is setting minority students up for failure. When Universities are basing acceptance heavier on race than merit‚ that becomes a huge problem
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A Liberal View of The Civil Rights Act of 1964‚ Affirmative Action‚ and the Leadership of Martin Luther King Jr. I:Civil Liberty Events: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Goal of The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Affirmative Action The Civil Rights Act of 1964 marked a major liberal victory for Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Right Movement‚ since it provide a legal basis for equality and fairness to people of color in the United States government. This event was major legal success because
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Case Study 8.3 Affirmative Action and the Urban‚ African-American Student Experience on Rural‚ Predominately White Campuses: Is the Cure Worse Than the Disease? Suppose the Supreme Court decided that race could no longer be a factor in college admissions. Would you expect this change to increase or decrease the turbulence on Milltown State’s campus from Mr. Pike’s perspective? What about the perspective of Mr. Garcia and Mr. Smith? What about the perspective of future students of color on the campus
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I personally do not think the world will ever com to a point where there is racial and social equality. The world will always have people who do not think that everyone is equal and treat them harshly and get others to do the same‚ it is a fact of life and sadly they tend to succeed. In fox news there is a report about women who were on a train‚ ten were black one was white. They had gathered on a trip to Napa so they could discuss a romance novel. A women had came in and told them to be quiet because
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In our society that we live in today‚ multiculturalism has become a large topic that most people do not understand the importance of having it. Many individuals within the United States do not even know a clear definition of the word “multiculturalism‚” and this has become a great issue throughout our world. Having multiculturalism within our world comes packaged with many pros and cons to our society‚ but it has become important behind the topics of race and ethnic relations‚ social class‚ and also
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Diversity In The United States Sandra Scott ETH/125 October 14‚ 2012 Rodney Cullifer Diversity in the United States We are brought up to believe that America is and has always been a nation of opportunity‚ home of the brave‚ and the land of the free. But anyone with a basic understanding of American history is aware that this is not the case. The first settlers had to fight be gain a foothold in this country and then their freedom from Britain. African Americans then had to fight
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Since the colonies were created in 1607‚ African-Americans were seen as property rather than human beings like everyone else. This is what initially established slavery and when that was ended on December 6th‚ 1865 it then proceeded to racial inequality. Racial Inequality has been recorded by having legal slavery‚ slave codes‚ allowing Jim Crow laws‚ and unjust Supreme Court cases such as Plessy Vs. Ferguson. The countless inequalities after slavery abruptly began in 1896 when segregation was labeled
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of training African Americans to live as comfortably and independently as possible‚ given southern racial realities • His plan to produce farmers‚ mechanics‚ domestic servants‚ and teachers in rural schools throughout the state appeared less threatening to those whites who believed that a liberal arts university was for blacks to seek social quality • Washington made no public demand for equality but he secretly made court cases that challenged the Jim Crow rules. And he told his people to just
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