William A. Gamson and Andre Modigliani define affirmative action as “What use should be made, if any, of racial and ethnic classification to promote the hiring and admission of blacks and other minorities.” The United State of America use to be a place where white people were the majority who got accepted into most colleges and work place that wouldn’t be a problem if this country had only white people. The U.S had more than just white folks living in the U.S. There were people of color or commonly called “minorities” who lives in the U.S, and they weren’t being accepted into most colleges or workforce because of their race and ethnicity. Women were also discriminated against and weren’t hired as much. Therefore, there needed to be a system to make sure that some people weren’t discriminated against because of their race or ethnicity. Affirmative action was implemented to make sure that work place and colleges had diversity, protection against discrimination and equal opportunity for all minorities.
Over the year affirmative action has helped black and other people of color to obtain a higher education. According to the data by the National Science Foundation, Black men who earned a science and engineering doctorate grew by 25 in 10. The undergrad graduation percentage of
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You see more women in the workforce today than you would back in the old days. Women were not hired as much as a men were. Women were also offer temporary jobs and on-call job like minorities. Even if they were not a person of color they still struggle to find a job that will hire them into their company. Statistic from ASA showed that a white male percentage of being hired was 74% compared to a white woman at 67%. If a white woman had trouble getting hired, a woman of color would have an even more difficult time being hired. Black women had a 55.7% percent of being hired compared to a black man who is