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: 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.
After getting rejected from the University of California Medical School twice, Allan Bakke filed suit against the school, claiming that he experienced improper “reverse discrimination”. The University of California Medical School reserves 16% of all admission places for minorities. However, Bakke’s qualifications, including his college GPA and test scores, surpassed all of those in the minority division. This being said, he declared that he was rejected from the college purely based on the fact that he was white (Britannica). Affirmative action, which is a set of procedures and systems designed to increase the amount of minorities in numerous areas, is seen in many places.
So whenever I am given the opportunity to debate and reason with those who do not see eye to eye, I proudly inform, and aim to mend their view on the policy. This necessary band-aid (Affirmative Action), for a country that cannot seem to shake the horrors, of it's not so distant past, is seen with much opposition, however, the answer to this ludicracy may with the ignorance of the public, because when one is not informed of an issue or problem, they are then, morally withdrawn from guilt and responsibility.
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 an action that benefits those who are discriminated against whether it is at work or school. It was implemented to be a positive factor for minorities, but stirred up great debate all the way to the supreme courts. The Chronicle of Higher Education newsletter exposed U.S. state legislation being against affirmative action policies. “If an applicant to a state college or university presents the academic qualifications for admission, that’s all there should be to it”. (Schmidt, P. 2014).
Debates over racial discrimination have been going on since the beginning of America’s existence as a land of freedom. Today, arguments over racial microaggressions and affirmative action continue to plague our country. Affirmative action is a hotly contested racial consideration program that favors certain minorities in college admissions and the workplace. Some argue that any consideration of race discriminates against the majority and violates the Equal Protections Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, while others contend that it takes into consideration the disadvantages suffered by typically lower-class minority families and makes up for past discrimination against minorities. By upholding affirmative action, the Supreme Court ignored data
When considering the aspects of Affirmative Action, we must first look at what the intent of the Executive Order was in 1961. Among the racial divide this order’s purpose was to simply give a fair or better chance to minorities than before. The minorities have been long shut out of the workforce and educational systems in the past. President Kennedy’s order aims to end the long drawn out era of discrimination in the work force and education systems (Kurtulus, 2013). Many people against the idea of affirmative action claim it creates “reverse racism”.
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.
The fear is that without this policy, diversity will not always happen if left up to chance. It is true that schools and other organizations have discriminated against women and people of other race. This problem created an unfair advantage for males of the superior race. Supporters also charge that without affirmative action African Americans would have a more difficult process of being admitted into prestigious and predominately white universities (Hopkins, 2010). Affirmative Action allows minorities to reflect different areas of study and work that otherwise would have never been considered.
Jared Gatchalian Phil 186 Section 18A Final Paper Taking into consideration the arguments for and against affirmative action presented in ‘A Defense of Programs of Preferential’ and ‘Affirmative action on campus does more harm than good’, do you think that affirmative action programs are morally justifiable and socially beneficial? Explain and support your position In institutions, workplaces, businesses, colleges and universities, affirmative action programs are policies that provide equal opportunity to education or work for groups that have been historically excluded or underrepresented, such as members of minority group: women and nonwhite citizens.
Affirmative action is an action or policy favoring those of the minority. In this short essay I am going to discuss the moral action opinion of utilitarianism and their Greatest Happiness policy, a libertarian and advocating the minimal state in the lives of the citizens, the Kantian and the thought that if the actions are morally right in virtue of their motives, and lastly the Rawlsian and the fact that we can only achieve the most just and fair principles only if we are all at equal levels. To start off, affirmative action is to favor those of the minority. Looking in as a utilitarianism on affirmative action, they would be against it. Giving special help to those of the minority would do more harm than good.
• 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.
Against Affirmative action, its not agreeing with what colleges are doing to the first class, middle class and the disadvantaged students. College is where you go to earn your degree and do what you want to be in life. What colleges are doing now is not accepting you for the knowledge that you have but for how you’ve got to the place you are at now, for example say you are trying to get in Harvard University and you are waiting for them to accept you, so then a girl who was discriminated wants to go Harvard as well to get her education, Now, say they accept her into their college and not you because she was discriminated against and you weren’t, so even though you have the knowledge and characteristics to attend that college, they still let
Affirmative action is a very controversial topic. It is what allows people of African descent, women or minorities who are skilled and qualified to compete and surpass in areas where they have been underrepresented, in other words, to make up for historical discrimination. It is required by the federal government that schools, universities or employers take affirmative action into consideration if they are seeking to implement programs or make an effort to attain student body or employee diversity that encompasses a broad array of qualifications and characteristics regardless of racial or ethnic origin in order to prevent discrimination. “Affirmative action was first established in Executive Order 10925, by President John F. Kennedy on March
