An outrage among society today; high school students are not being admitted to their dream colleges based on ethnic background. Adolescents should not be burdened by the thought that they won’t get into the college they deserve to attend just based on their skin color. Affirmative Action is the cause of this appalling injustice in the college admissions process among big universities. There have been several cases where people have fought for their right to be admitted solely based on their qualifications. Universities’ use of Affirmative Action, and racial quotas in their admissions process should be exposed and terminated.
Does the Constitution allow the government to use group classification to benefit the minorities who suffered discrimination historically? Affirmative action are programs used to replenish minorities that were historically discriminated, however has caused much debate. Some critics believe that affirmative action hinders the majority while benefitting the minorities, and testify it as unconstitutional praxis by the 14th amendment. Affirmative action has not broken any constitutional barriers, because it is a notion of equality to minorities from the majority. Affirmative action has been addressed to the Supreme Court in various cases, and has been ruled with mixed decisions.
Affirmative Action was a national program designed to ensure that diverse people were represented in different institutions including colleges and universities as well as the workplace. Places of employment and colleges for many years discriminated against black and brown people resulting in very few numbers of those people belonging to those institutions. The Affirmative Action program was developed where certain quotas were required to be met and that resulted in more black and brown people graduating from colleges and universities and also resulted in more black and brown people being represented in corporations and companies. While I and many people view affirmative action as good thing, over the years, affirmative action supposedly
Affirmative Action has lowered the standards of colleges and job requirements to help meet the requirements. Perazzo (2001) provides a good example of the lower standard, “At UCLA Law School in 1994, a black applicant with a college G.P.A. between 2.5 and 3.5, and an LSAT score between 60 and 90, had a 61 percent chance of admission. The corresponding rates for similarly qualified Asians and whites were 7 percent and 1 percent, respectively.” It is time to move the standards upward and allow all people to compete for college admission or jobs and use race or gender as a tiebreaker.
(Economist). It is also reverse discrimination. Although blacks and Hispanics have been discriminated against in the past, that does not justify discrimination towards non-minorities in the present day (Mtholyoke). Despite affirmative action being a surefire way to guarantee diversity in schools, those who rightfully qualify for their places in certain colleges should have equal opportunities to be accepted, no matter their
My controversy is "Is the Affirmative Action having a positive effect on the United State society or Affirmative Action just not the right thing to do since it makes the society unfair to lots of people?" Affirmative action was once founded to help those people who have been suffering under segregation and domination to obtain representation in society and to balance the income disparity. Among all of the famous newspaper, the Washington Post believes that affirmative action program is "a careful effort to ensure diversity and brings more opportunities to minority. " Their editorial board thinks that the decision Supreme Court has made is a right decision and government should keep forcing Affirmative Action thorough admission among the universities.
Affirmative Action is measure used to encourage diversity in the workforce. The origins of this term are difficult to trace. Some historians say this term was used back in the early 1900s, when the women’s suffrage movement (women’s right to vote) was ongoing and many supporters of women suffrage used the term to express the distaste with the inequality of women not just in voting but in other parts of society, including employment opportunities. President John f. Kennedy was the first to popularize this term in his executive order, no. 10925. In the order, Kennedy stated that, “WHEREAS discrimination because of race, creed, color, or national origin is contrary to the Constitutional principles and policies of the United States”.
“Affirmative action is not about quotas. It’s an attempt to open more opportunities for women and people of color through aggressive recruitment and outreach greater access to academic institutions and the workplace and not exclude people on the basis of race or gender.” (Holhut3) Actions or policy favoring those individuals who are subject to discrimination particularly in relation to employment or education is called Affirmative Action. Although affirmative action is not necessarily a form of equal treatment it is a form of fair treatment. Programs that attempt to break down the wall of segregation that excluded racial minorities and women from workplace and education include quotas, minority scholarships, reverse discrimination, preferential hiring and diversity have all been linked to affirmative action.
Affirmative Action has been one of the most controversial issues since before World War II. This policy, in the eyes of those who support it, evens the playing field for people of all backgrounds, including race and ethnicity, and those who’ve had less fortunate upbringings. Others, however, see it as discrimination toward the majority. Both arguments can be supported, but the laws and executive orders that have been implemented because of Affirmative Action tell the real story. Where Affirmative Action is and isn’t constitutional walks a fine line.
The Story and Implications of Affirmative Action Did you know that affirmative action admittance policies can add 150 to 310 points to an SAT grade? Affirmative action is a set of procedures designed to eliminate unlawful discrimination against job and school applicants. These procedures take the form of point systems and weighted hiring policies. Affirmative action has many pros; it also has a long judicial history that helps us further understand both its cause and effect. Affirmative action has an interesting history that features a variety of important people and essential policies.
Before the affirmative action bill was passed things of such would not be in motion. There was more positive than negative in the policy. There is some bad in the policy when you put it into perspective. This bill being passed upset a lot of people and was the reason a lot of people did not get hired or the promotion they were
Minorities are found all over the world, and tend to be disadvantaged; Brown and Langer recognize this and address the attempts that have been made to equalize lives through affirmative action. The disadvantages around the world, along with the affirmation tactics, vary from place to place, but some of the main places analyzed in the article, “Does Affirmation Action Work”, are the United States, Malaysia, South Africa, and India. Through analyzing some of these places, Brown and Langer were able to identify some of the negative and positive aspects of affirmative action. One of the first things to consider is what affirmation actually does. It is intended to help readdress inequality, but unfortunately this process sometimes highlights
Pros: In most standard classroom settings, a populace of students are presented a series of data, and required to comprehend and find application to aforementioned data. In cases that affirmative action fights for, it simply lets the students speak for themselves based on already lived, real-life applications. These additives to diversity can lend great amounts of knowledge into any discussion, and provides many with other viewpoints for overall considerations for any given topic of conversation. ‘…what some students say in random conversations in and outside campus classrooms might be so insightful, and so unlikely and difficult to be learned in any other way besides these random conversations, that it is worth denying admission to some white and Asian American students because of their race so that other white and Asian American students
Affirmative Action Our society has built a nation based on a moral golden rule, which states “treat others the way you would like to be treated.” Unfortunately, this golden rule isn’t always represented in the discrimination experienced by many women and minorities. Affirmative action attempts to increase the representation of those who have been historically excluded in employment, education, and culture as a result of this discrimination by giving them preferential treatment. This effort to restore equality is noble, but actually achieves the opposite. Giving preference towards minorities, especially in universities, is immoral because it does not reward individuals based on their qualifications.
The issue of affirmative action, here in the United States, is arguably one of the most controversial subjects in today’s society. This issue has also been known to be one of the least understood concepts as well, causing much debate and a divided nation. There are different opinions out there on whether affirmative action is really helping America put the past behind them when it comes to discrimination or is it simply violating American core values. What is affirmative action? Affirmative action is ‘an action or policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination, especially in relation to employment or education; positive discrimination’ It ensures companies, universities and other high cooperation’s to establish programs that
