Why Affirmative Action is Wrong
Jack has just sent in an application to work in electrical engineering, he made the best grades in college, is the most qualified, and has five more years of experience than every other applicant. However, he gets denied because of the required quotas of Affirmative Action. In 1961 President John F. Kennedy used Executive Order number 10925 put Affirmative Action into place. This required contractors to “take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed and employees are treated during employment without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin”. Then, five years later, President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Executive Order 11246 made Affirmative Action affect women. It also established the …show more content…
Schools are not searching for people who will have a good job and be able to have a life after college. The Michigan Law School continues to accept minorities with poor LSAT scores so that the “class looks right, even if it does not perform right” (Clarence). Not only that, Affirmative Action is patronizing minorities. Meaning that they have a lower standard than whites as if they are unable of producing the same quality of work. Also, this patronization of minorities leads to businesses being brought down because of Affirmative Action (Affirmative Action). Supervisors do not give honest feedback because of Affirmative Action. This happens because they are scared that the business won’t look right in the eyes of Affirmative Action. Affirmative Action causes minorities not fix the problems that they have and will bring big businesses down (Affirmative Action). These are the reasons minorities are dependent in schools and the …show more content…
Whites with scores 163-167 are often denied entry into Michigan Law School, while blacks with 155’s have almost guaranteed entry. All this does is go against the equality that Affirmative Action is already failing to achieve (Clarence). Also, whites who are more capable for a job are routinely denied. This denial is because the supervisors and staff of big businesses need minorities instead of people who are qualified and would help the business succeed (Affirmative Action). White males have also been declining in the workforce since Affirmative Action has been in place. It did not increase the representation percentage of Hispanic or Asian men and women. This decrease also includes the share of white women, who have been declining since 1973 (Kurtulus).While Affirmative Action is barely doing what it is supposed to, whites are constantly denied entry into colleges and jobs that they are more than capable of
Jack has just sent in an application to work in electrical engineering, he made the best grades in college, is the most qualified, and has five more years of experience than every other applicant. However, he gets denied because of the required quotas of Affirmative Action. In 1961 President John F. Kennedy used Executive Order number 10925 put Affirmative Action into place. This required contractors to “take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed and employees are treated during employment without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin”. Then, five years later, President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Executive Order 11246 made Affirmative Action affect women. It also established the …show more content…
Schools are not searching for people who will have a good job and be able to have a life after college. The Michigan Law School continues to accept minorities with poor LSAT scores so that the “class looks right, even if it does not perform right” (Clarence). Not only that, Affirmative Action is patronizing minorities. Meaning that they have a lower standard than whites as if they are unable of producing the same quality of work. Also, this patronization of minorities leads to businesses being brought down because of Affirmative Action (Affirmative Action). Supervisors do not give honest feedback because of Affirmative Action. This happens because they are scared that the business won’t look right in the eyes of Affirmative Action. Affirmative Action causes minorities not fix the problems that they have and will bring big businesses down (Affirmative Action). These are the reasons minorities are dependent in schools and the …show more content…
Whites with scores 163-167 are often denied entry into Michigan Law School, while blacks with 155’s have almost guaranteed entry. All this does is go against the equality that Affirmative Action is already failing to achieve (Clarence). Also, whites who are more capable for a job are routinely denied. This denial is because the supervisors and staff of big businesses need minorities instead of people who are qualified and would help the business succeed (Affirmative Action). White males have also been declining in the workforce since Affirmative Action has been in place. It did not increase the representation percentage of Hispanic or Asian men and women. This decrease also includes the share of white women, who have been declining since 1973 (Kurtulus).While Affirmative Action is barely doing what it is supposed to, whites are constantly denied entry into colleges and jobs that they are more than capable of