Should affirmative action for state university enrollment be continued? Affirmative action is the established set of policies that ensure people are discriminated either by race, sex, color, national origin, creed, and sex orientation when seeking opportunities. The main purpose of affirmative action is to eliminate all forms of discriminations in the society especially from public institutions such as hospitals, universities, and the police force, among others. Although the main purpose of establishing affirmative action was to eliminate discriminations, it has been criticized by several people and several institutions have taken a step to ban its practice. Institutions, such as universities, that ban the practice of affirmative action are …show more content…
For example, in the United States, President Kennedy supported affirmative action as he advocated for the abolishment of any kinds of discrimination either against race, color, sex, disability status, creed or national origin. He stated that such a practice was established for the welfare of all the American Citizens. Studies conducted showed that n individuals name played a major role in the discrimination practices. People coming from the minority groups received very few opportunities of being admitted to the university or even getting a chance to be interviewed for a job. Affirmative actions came in and cleared this kind of discrimination. Studies also show that students from the minority groups who join universities that banned affirmative action undergo a hard time as they experience hostility than those who join universities s a result of benefiting from affirmative action. There have been also benefits to women resulting from affirmative …show more content…
This increases diversity among the students’ body and as a result the quality of education improves. The diversity amongst the students’ body also promotes competitions from within nd outside the institution. There are also positive externalities associated with the results of affirmative action programs in admissions policies. Several scholars identify those externalities as expanded service to minority communities, mentoring and role-model effects and benefits associated with diversity of the student population. The community benefits from diversity because minority medical students are more likely to serve minority patients, and a diverse student body positively impacts interracial and intercultural relations. Some refute the program with arguments that the program might make the student feel as rated second among the others who are the majority, hence lowering their self esteem and confidence. However, this is not the case since the program has always been a success since it was