Is Affirmative Action in the university setting morally justified? Affirmative action is defined as the effort to improve employment and educational opportunities as well as promote the rights or progress of minority groups and women. A minority group is any type of person that is differing from others in some characteristic of the same population and are often subject to different treatment or discrimination. Discrimination is the act of showing favor on a specific person based on group‚ class
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conceal the biased behaviors towards certain races‚ it is hurting the minority groups more than it’s supposed to help‚ and it makes minority groups feel segregated and alienated. Many minority groups have already filed cases but have been denied by the Supreme Court. Through this essay‚ one will see why these minority groups are filling cases to get rid of this plan. Affirmative action was used because it was supposed to help out minority groups such as women‚ blacks‚ latinos‚ Asians‚ etc… However‚ not
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but in reality it justifies racism by its actions. The policy of affirmative action judges people on the color of their skin‚ creating discrimination in itself. Affirmative action tried to help minorities‚ but reverse discrimination has taken place instead. A candidate should be chosen
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The Unraveling of Affirmative Action Racial preferences spring from worthy intentions‚ but they have had unintended consequences—including an academic mismatch in many cases between minority students and the schools to which they are admitted. There’s a better way to help the disadvantaged. By RICHARD SANDER and STUART TAYLOR JR. Jareau Hall breezed through high school in Syracuse‚ N.Y. Graduating in the top 20% of his class‚ he had been class president and a successful athlete‚ and he sang
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to Treatment Programs for Minority Youth Patricia Taveras Rutgers University In this article‚ survey techniques are used to examine early drug education and early access to treatment to determine their effects on treatment outcomes among minority adolescents. The literature review serves as a starting point for greater attention in research‚ to address the lack of representation minorities have in substance abuse treatment. The research proposal is asking minorities (n=200)‚ through a survey
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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
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countries contain linguistic minorities – groups of speakers who have as their native variety a language other than that which is the official‚ dominant or major language in the country where they live. In some cases‚ where the minorities are relatively large‚ the nation state usually has more than one official language. Examples are Belgium (Flemish‚ the Dutch language as spoken in northern Belgium and French)‚ Switzerland (German‚ French‚ Italian‚ and Romansch). Where the minority is smaller or less influential
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It is never too late to give up our prejudices People have always been and always will be prejudiced. There are prejudices of all kinds. Some have prejudices about skin colour or religion‚ others about nationality or sexuality or something else. And other people are prejudiced about everything that they do not consider normal. Henry David Thoreau said: “It is never too late to give up our prejudices”. And for some people it is true: they outgrow their prejudices and learn to be more unbiased. Then
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ABSTRACT The learning-achievement gap among minority and white students is increasing. However‚ Asian American students out perform white and other minority students. Even though Asian Americans have experienced the same atrocities as other minority groups‚ they continue to achieve at high levels. It is important to determine the factors that contribute to their success and to implement these factors into the educational practices of other minority students. ecoming a second-rate economic
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action is a policy that gives special considerations to groups that suffered from discrimination in the past. It was designed to balance the effect slavery and Jim Crow had on the African-American and other minority groups. Since its creation‚ the program has benefitted many members of the minority. However‚ the issue of whether affirmative action should be allowed or not allowed in the universities is a controversial one. While some argue that affirmative action should be allowed in the universities
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