Class action

one other consequence of affirmative action programs is the attitudes towards other policies for those groups. From the study on social consequences, it showed that affirmative action programs can influence attitudes towards policies such as immigration policies (Maio and Esses, 1998, p72). Due to the different perspectives and sides on affirmative action program, there will be two different sides on these policies as well. People who are against affirmative action would also be most likely to…

For many years, affirmative action, a policy that engages in efforts to promote social equality for groups who are historically disadvantaged due to factors such as race, national origin, religion, color, or sex in American society, has been a highly controversial topic surrounding the constitutionality of the program. Specifically in higher education, the affirmative action program is used to assist in admission policies and increase diversity on college campuses by providing equal access to…

Affirmative action was created in the 1960s in order to give the groups that had been marginalized for years a leg up in order to help them out. The mentality behind its creation is best summarized in a quote from a speech given by Lyndon Johnson in 1965 in which he says, "you do not take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say you are free to compete with all the others, and still just believe that you have…

Reflection on "A Class Divided" Discrimination has been prevalent in many cases throughout U.S. history and still is today. People do not always realize the effect that discrimination and their actions can have on the group they chose to discriminate against. It can cause them to feel lesser of themselves simply due to the fact, that they are different. This feeling of difference was made very clear in the film “A Class Divided.” In this experiment, the way the children viewed themselves and…

Affirmative action began as a necessity to help previously disadvantaged minorities gain equality. However, due to the dynamic ideas of equality and what is needed to achieve it, the policy has turned into something that hurts more than it helps in today’s society. There are multiple problems with it, such as reverse racism, not addressing the deeper societal problems, and it is condescending to minorities. Much of this comes from the consequences of birthplace and race; a theme also explored in…

Affirmative action is a product of the Civil Rights Movement, in an attempt to give equal opportunities to all the people across America, mostly minorities and women. Even though the Civil Rights Movement did end segregation and attempted to give equality to minorities and women, it was not successful in doing so. Affirmative actions was the means in which minorities and women would have a better chance in the workplace as well as education to be given an equal chance in getting the job or…

The college admissions process is a varying source of stress for graduating high school students. Affirmative action, a government policy promoting diversity at universities, grants certain minority groups an advantage for college applications Since 1990, U.S. colleges’ affirmative action policies, created by admissions officers and the government, have caused conflicting economic effects, including financial aid and scholarship availability, insufficient socioeconomic diversity, and federal…

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION Affirmative action is reverse discrimination, it favors minorities who struggle in trying to get employed or an education. Anyone can go through this, it is not just one race. This started on March 6, 1961 when President John F. Kennedy signed the Executive order 10925. This encouraged many to not discriminate people for their religion, color or background. Affirmative Action is not necessary because it is very unfair to most of the kids who wake up each morning more…

as a criteria for college admissions, commonly referred to as affirmative action, is discrimination. One student went as far as bringing the issue to court because she believed that using race as a factor for admissions is unconstitutional. This woman, Abigail Fisher, applied to the University of Texas at Austin and was denied admission. She claims her denial was due to the fact that the university uses affirmative action in their admissions. There is a precedent case from 2003 that deals with…

Claims and Assessments—On June 12, 2015, a putative class action complaint was filed in the United States District Court, Northern District of California against us. The complaint, which is similar to complaints recently filed against other large insurance companies, primarily alleges that captive reinsurance and other transactions had the effect of misrepresenting the financial condition of AAIA. The complaint purports to be brought on behalf of a class of purchasers of annuity products issued…