Introduction
Amongst the most contentious subjects of our time is affirmative action. It happens that the Supreme Court of the United States may perhaps irreversibly terminate such measures, and with it, humanity’s continuing deliberation regarding the appropriateness of such endeavors. In fact, in 2012, the Court decided cert. in Fisher v. University of Texas Austin. In this instance, the Court examined the University of Texas’s undergraduate admissions program to ascertain whether its conducting itself with the United States Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause.
Affirmative action procedures are those in which, some institutions become involved in measures to improve the possibilities for ancient excluded groups in the American community.
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However, advocates are aware of the failures that exist in affirmative action; for instance, racial injustices and poverty (Gu, McFerran, Aquino, & Kim, 2014).
The primary liability of affirmative action is not in its intent or original design. It lies in its economic and political process which has unemployment and inequity constructed on it. Unless these issues are dealt with, no solution will be attained to resolve racial inequities and economic and social injustice.
Subsequently, affirmative action does not incorporate set-asides and quotas. The issue of racial allocations is a staple of racial, conservatives (Jayakumar et al., 2015). Moreover, quotas have been disallowed since the case of Bakke versus the University of California, where decisions were made by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1978. In fact, lack of quotas is a major issue with affirmative action.
Next, it is easier to implement affirmative action in the public-industry as compared to the private sector. However, this is not a reason to discard the affirmative action, however rather impose guidelines on the private