Affirmative action, the practice of giving preferential treatment to minorities in application processes, specifically for higher education, has garnered significant amounts of controversy in recent years. There are people who believe that we as a nation have sufficiently atoned for the racist and discriminatory policies and laws of the past. They argue that African American and Caucasian American students operate on a level playing field, and as such the use of affirmative action programs is inappropriate and gives an unfair advantage to African Americans. This notion is misguided. While some individuals may deny the necessity of affirmative action since the collapse of dejure segregation, it is in fact needed in order to provide equal opportunities
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In order to communicate its message, the film will displace the standard narrative of racism in education by portraying a world in which an the main character has institutional racism working him against in the Quarry. My main character is an 18-year-old male of African American descent who lives and works in a low income segment of the Quarry. Obstacles against him come to the fore when he is forced to take out loans, and struggles to make ends meet as a result of racial …show more content…
It will communicate to the audience some of the difficulties that face aspiring students of African American descent face. There are large populations of African Americans trapped in a cycle of poverty, limited in their economic opportunity by their lack of education and limited in their educational opportunity by their lack of economic stability. As a result, both their teachers and they themselves begin to lose hope that they will be able to achieve their full potential. Racial barriers against African Americans necessitate affirmative action despite the death of legally enforced segregation. De Facto segregation is still very much alive in higher education, and without affirmative action programs this injustice could never be rectified. Therefore, we are obligated to do everything possible to level the playing
In order to communicate its message, the film will displace the standard narrative of racism in education by portraying a world in which an the main character has institutional racism working him against in the Quarry. My main character is an 18-year-old male of African American descent who lives and works in a low income segment of the Quarry. Obstacles against him come to the fore when he is forced to take out loans, and struggles to make ends meet as a result of racial …show more content…
It will communicate to the audience some of the difficulties that face aspiring students of African American descent face. There are large populations of African Americans trapped in a cycle of poverty, limited in their economic opportunity by their lack of education and limited in their educational opportunity by their lack of economic stability. As a result, both their teachers and they themselves begin to lose hope that they will be able to achieve their full potential. Racial barriers against African Americans necessitate affirmative action despite the death of legally enforced segregation. De Facto segregation is still very much alive in higher education, and without affirmative action programs this injustice could never be rectified. Therefore, we are obligated to do everything possible to level the playing