War has completely changed ever since the year 1945. The same strategies we used on previous battles are not that useful anymore. To this day the United States and Russia Superpowers, countries with global control; still debate about the use of this mass destruction weapons(1); that can help secure victory in an emergency but also can have extremely terrible consequences not only to the environment but also to the human race. During a race against Nazi Germany to create the first atomic bomb the United States, became the first country to successfully use uranium to create a huge radioactive explosion; Used two of their first bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki taking or injuring an estimated 279,000 people*2. Ending the war but taking many families
In order to access higher education, most educational institutions require applicants to list their race as a component to their admissions decision. Affirmative action established this factor to provide equality for ethnic minority students. However, since the process primarily benefits minorities, Caucasian applicants such as Allan Bakke and Abigail Fisher have challenged the ideals of affirmative action, claiming that racial components instead served as a factor for their college rejections. The consistent amount of affirmative action cases has motivated some educational institutions to question their stance on racial admission components. While certain scholars argue that affirmative action promotes equality, other experts argue that it
Affirmative Action: Pros and Cons As for the racial inequalities, it is worth mentioning that it was the matter of great concern for the black population; despite the fact they deserved to have same human rights, it still appeared impossible goal for this category of people that the dominating whites considered as inferior to them. The race issue could be solved in case the government were interested in settling on a solution to it. All in all, white people were not intended to acknowledge the human rights of black citizens. All this has lead to bloody massacres, discrimination, and humiliation of the black population.
This shows inherent biases in the public school system that accumulate over time to hinder the success of minority students. Due to the disadvantages minority students have to face in high school, Affirmative Action programs take into account these disadvantages and combat them with advantages in the admissions processes. However, this can create unfair advantages to certain groups of students. Let’s examine two types of students: a wealthy black student who lives in the suburbs of Silicon Valley and a poor white student who grows up in downtown Detroit.
The supporters of Affirmative Action argue that the reason why Affirmative Action emphasized on race instead of socioeconomic status is that, most poor people in the United States is white people. “. . . racial diversity and socioeconomic diversity are not the same thing (because, in short, most of our poor people in this country are white). When a colorblind process emphasizing socioeconomic diversity was adopted at the law school at the University of California at Berkeley, African American enrollment in the entering class fell by approximately 60 percent” (Bollinger). Lee Bollinger, the former president of University of Michigan, stated in his speech at the College of Law at Willamette University, that emphasization on socioeconomic diversity during admission process brings African Americans into a more disadvantaged situation because in our country most poor people are white.
With a 5-4 decision, the Court upheld that the University had a compelling interest in promoting class diversity and that since there was no quota system, race could play a factor in a university’s admission policy. Through both decisions, the court upheld the constitutionality of affirmative action in the United States. However, since the decisions contradicted Hopwood v. Texas, they again brought the constitutionality of affirmative action into question. Even so, through these cases, it is clear that the Supreme Court attempted to accommodate both
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 -- Reform is Necessary The college application process no longer analyzes students based on their GPA and standardized test scores alone. Colleges conduct a holistic review of a student and consider both life experiences and quantifiable qualifications. Within a holistic review, many American schools consider race in application processes; they hope racial affirmative action will prioritize diversity and the influx of diverse ideas on a college campus. However, these race-based policies have been the subject of numerous controversies and court cases, as people question the ethics behind considering physical appearance in an application process.
There are many people who believe this restricts people in the majority, and recently there was a Supreme Court case on it. Approximately 50 years after its creation, affirmative action has created an inclusive and positive space for minority groups to function. First and foremost, affirmative action
Discussion 2: (1) What are some arguments in favor of affirmative action? An affirmation action is a policy that goes beyond what the law establishes. As the author David J. Walsh indicated, "affirmation action has been defined as those actions appropriate to overcome the effects of past or present practices, policies, or other barries to equal employment opportunity". (p.237) Because of the numerous incidents of employment discriminations, the companies are forced to keep a balance of the diversity of its employees.
Affirmative action is a action that protects those who are suffering from discrimination. It is to protect someone who is being discriminated when trying to get a job or when they are being denied their right to pursue an education. The pros and cons of this can very well be lopsided. The pro side is the protection that you have if you are dealing with a problem above. I do not see the con on affirmative action.
Affirmative Action is a practice that is needed in college admissions in order to better represent racial minority groups in institutions of higher learning. The United States is one of the most diverse countries in the world, however, it is not so diverse when it comes to the education system. Racial minority groups are underrepresented in the education system for a multitude of reasons. The main reason behind this is that students from racial minority groups often have to go to very segregated public schools. The issue with the segregated public schools that minorities attend is that, “Students in segregated schools typically perform considerably worse on test scores party because 90 percent of highly segregated minority schools confront
The goal of affirmative action Affirmative action is a policy on minorities of society obliges associations to endeavor exceptional exertion to guarantee that their workforce is illustrative of the general public where the business works. Governmental policy on minorities of society rests on the supposition that regardless we have not advanced to the point, as a general public, where we can treat all people just as and that the best way to amend past treacheries is to give people from secured classes unique attention and” treatment in employment opportunities” (Mello,2015, p.298). Even though the regulation of equal employment opportunity (EEO) obliges that associations give a segregation free working environment,” it does not imply that organizations should attempt to go back and correct past injustices (Mello,2015, p.298). The positives and negatives of this action
Salonek 1 Joseph Salonek Mr. Junker 9 Civics 27 April 2017 Qualifications for Your Future Affirmative Action is not necessary because colleges spend too much money on diversity training, it strengthens racial stereotypes, and highly qualified people are getting passed over. Some might say that we need Affirmative Action to help minorities that were brought down by the “man”. The fact is, Affirmative Action is doing more bad than it is good. First off, ivy league schools are spending way too much money on a program that does minimal to help impoverished minorities. Yale pledged to spend fifty-million on diversity training for their faculty.
• Affirmative Action o Definition: Affirmative action is a set of procedures that are designed to eliminate discrimination in the workplace, to fix the discrimination in the past, and to prevent discrimination in the future. o Pro: It breaks stereotypes that regard color. For many years without this policy blacks were not given the same chance as whites for jobs because they were seen as less capable for the job. Because of this policy it was shown that blacks were just as capable.
