In the United States‚ several race groups are living together. There are many minority groups. Minority group is a category of people who do have less power to wealth or society tan other majority groups. Living with other race group sometimes can cause discrimination. According to the lecture‚ discrimination is “the differential treatment of individual considered to belong to a particular social group.” Discrimination has a long history all over the world. The discrimination of black people in the
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America has had a long‚ dark history of oppressing minorities. In an effort to rectify this‚ affirmative action was implemented in the 1960’s to provide minorities greater access to education and jobs. According to utilitarianism‚ this is‚ and continues to be morally correct. Utilitarianism deems an action moral if it is optimific‚ meaning it yields the greatest balance of well-being over drawbacks. Affirmative action both qualitatively and quantitatively fulfills the utilitarian requirement of increasing
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Fall 2014 CIT491 Research Methods Individual Assessed Activity: Critical thinking – argument analysis Affirmative action or positive discrimination is a policy or a program promoting the representation of a group who have traditionally been discriminated against‚ (such as an ethnic minority or women) with the aim of creating a more equal society. This typically focuses on education and employment. There is much debate concerning claims that the practice is‚ in itself‚ racism; that it fails to achieve
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seek out‚ encourage‚ and sometimes give preferential treatment to employees in groups protected by Title VII. (site text book) This is usually done through educational or economical benefits. Affirmative action is a controversial topic and has been debated for many years. It is a difficult topic to discuss because it stirs up a lot of emotions. It was created to level the playing field between white males and minorities. Have we reached that level playing field? Do we still need affirmative action
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school. “It holds that a racially mixed student body is desirable because it enables students to learn more from one another than they would if all of them came from similar backgrounds….the diversity argument maintains that equipping disadvantaged minorities to assume positions of leadership in key public and professional roles advances the university’s civic purpose and contributes to the common good.” (Sandel‚ 171). Even though this is one of the most used arguments for Affirmative Action‚ there are
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Name M. M. S. SC 7 ST 3 VJ/DT 2 NTB 1 SI 60 CAP 60 NTC 2 MSCAP ALL IND 51 NTD 1 9 OBC 10 PH1 NIL Institutes Seats 0 PH2 NIL PH3 NIL PHC 2 Minority Seats 0 Total 51 Summary : SI: 60 SNDT University MS CAP: OPEN 0 0 23 23 Reserved 0 0 26 26 51 SC 0 0 7 7 All India: ST 0 0 3 3 9 VJ/DT 0 0 2 2 Institute Seats: NTB 0 0 1 1 NTC 0 0 2 2 0 NTD 0 0 1 1 Minority Seats: OBC 0 0 10 10 PH 0 0 2 2 0 Total Category HU OH State Total 0 0 51 51 DTE‚ Mumbai NFR : No Fee Reimbursement PH:Physically
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Affirmative Action Affirmative action has increased the number of minorities in workplaces and in universities. It has helped and hurt people since it was put into effect on March 6th‚ 1961. The Catholic Church has weighed in its opinion on affirmative action also. Affirmative action has given minorities more opportunities than they would’ve had before. From 1990 to 2006‚ the number of minorities that received a masters’ degree increased roughly 65%. Part of this can be attributed to affirmative
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people that are not familiar with the ghetto seem to think that they have the great idea of what the ghetto really is. The word ghetto is defined as a section of a city‚ especially a thickly populated slum area‚ predominately by members of ethnic minority group. This definition is a stereotype within itself. Because I am from Acres Homes‚ people automatically assume that I am black‚ no education and ghetto. There have been times when I have come into contact with people and ask where I’m from and
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erasing and failing to allocate these future opportunities to every single group within the community and thus buttresses the cycle of subordination established by the dominant powers. Based on five informal interviews I conducted –all college students‚ four of which come from individuals of
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Question 1c Environmental Scan The labor market of the Pacific Northwest indicates a high unemployment rate‚ and therefore difficult environment for individuals to find new jobs. There tends to be a consistent supply of qualified individuals in the urban markets of Seattle and Spokane‚ however it is difficult to recruit these college-educated individuals into entry-level positions in a retail environment. Retail stores tend to have a reputation of requiring long hours of work‚ including
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