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    RESEARCH PAPER AFFIRMATIVE ACTION INTRODUCTION Affirmative Action is an employment legislation protection system that is intended to address the systemized discrimination faced by women and minorities. It achieves this by enforcing diversity through operational intrusions into recruitment‚ selection‚ and other personnel functions and practices in America. Originally‚ Affirmative Action arose because of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s desire to integrate society on educational

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    in pursuing my college career at The University of Texas‚ I wouldn’t want the color of my skin or my ethnicity to be the reason for my admission or refusal. Affirmative action created a form of discrimination against a race that wasn’t used to being discriminated and Hopwood v. Texas opened the door for the abolishment of the affirmative action policy. In 1978‚ the case of Bakke v. Regents of the University of California ruled that “universities may consider race in admissions‚ to maintain diverse

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    Martin Luther King‚ Jr. once said‚ “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” This statement will always ring true especially on the subject of equal opportunity when it comes to employment and education here in the United States. It’s no secret that equality has been something America has always lacked‚ but at the same time has always been something America stood for. In fact it can be easily inferred that equality among all men has been something America has stride for since it gained

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    A Better A Century Foundation Report Affirmative State Universities that Created Alternatives to Racial Preferences Action: Richard D. Kahlenberg Individual State University Profiles by Halley Potter A Century Foundation Report A Better Affirmative Action State Universities that Created Alternatives to Racial Preferences Richard D. Kahlenberg Individual State University Profiles by Halley Potter The Century Foundation is a progressive nonpartisan think tank. Originally

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    Affirmative Action: Fisher v The University of Texas 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

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    ENN103F – Assignment 1 Section A: (1) No‚ the affirmative action policy is not morally defensible. This policy is “unsettling‚ needless and discriminating”. This policy is based on race‚ gender and physical abilities rather than the socioeconomic status of a person. Thus it does not matter whether you have the higher/better qualification‚ if you do not have the correct race/gender or if you are not disabled. According to this policy the basic discrimination is justified by looking back

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    AFFIRMATIVE ACTION As much as we desire diversity‚ it will not occur if left to chance. We educate ourselves when we learn to interact with people of different colors and nationalities. During the last election‚ the majority of Americans voted for an African American President. Why then do we continue to use affirmative action to fight inequality? It is not so easy to wipe away centuries of inferiority‚ shame‚ and scars‚ by simply anointing one minority to the highest position in the land. It

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    Affirmative action The term affirmative action was first used by President John F. Kennedy. During the 1960’s civil rights movement‚ President John F. Kennedy signed executive order 10925. This executive order was meant to ensure that federal contractors did not discriminate in their hiring practices but “"take affirmative action to ensure" equal opportunity. The civil rights era also worked to repel against the sexism against women‚ when in 1967 President Lyndon Johnson amended the order to include

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    SECTION A: Short questions 1. Is affirmative action morally defensible? Explain Yes it is morally defensible in that: The tough realities faced in the past created divisions of the past regime between black and white communities and declaration of this policy assisted in ensuring that closing that gap and normalise the conditions at the workplace. In the past South Africa has had many inequalities and imbalances‚ and blacks were treated in a unfair manner and stigmatized. In 1994 Democracy

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    Affirmative Action Right? Affirmative action has been around for decades. Some believe it isn’t fair but others do. Those who believe and agree with affirmative action tend to say‚ “The principle of affirmative action is to promote societal equality through the preferential treatment of socioeconomically disadvantaged people” (Bidmead‚ Andrew pg 3). Others that disagree with it and find it unfair simply see it as another form of discrimination‚ giving one group extra advantages based upon nothing

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