A Question of Fairness: The Affirmative Action Debate
The establishment and implementation of Affirmative Action over 40 years ago, continues to be an American’s debate of fairness. In this informative video, “A Question of Fairness: The Affirmative Action Debate,” posted by Films on Demands, presents an aggressive point of view of affirmative action fairness. Undoubtedly, through this video, it is feasible to suggest that some may think that affirmative action is not the answer for equality. Nevertheless, many would suggest that affirmative action has improved and provided opportunities for minorities and women towards more equality.
In this real-life video, viewers get to examine America’s national affirmative action debated issues. …show more content…
For instance, a strategy often recommended to leadership is to recognize that diversity in education, benefits everyone. According to the video, there were times when blacks’ students could not attend an all-white school. However, thanks to the many affirmative action programs, things have changed dramatically as they relate to creating diverse schools. Be that as it may, one of my company’s strategic goals is to assist educational organization leaders build a learning environment that will meet all students’ diverse needs inclusively. According to Theoharis and Scanlan (2015), inclusion requires the recognition of all children as full members of society with the respect of all their rights, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, language, poverty or impairment. To create such an environment, our clients are given the consultation on removing any obstacles that might prevent students from the enjoyment of these rights; therefore. creating the appropriate supportive and protective …show more content…
All in all, I admit that blacks were treated unfairly many centuries and decades ago through slavery, Jim Crow laws, and segregation. Under these circumstances, the implementation of affirmative action has served as a means to heal the nation’s equality even if others review it as preferential treatment. On the other hand, Cahn (2002) pointed out that preferential treatment for identified groups not only subverts the original intention of remedying injustice, but that it actually produces similar injustice by creating a new group of victims. As a business owner, my hiring processes do not suggest preferential treatment. As a matter of fact, the company’s hiring process is based on skills, knowledge, and experience. Generally, my goal is not to make an individual feel that they received their position through preferential treatment, but based on individual skills, knowledge and
The establishment and implementation of Affirmative Action over 40 years ago, continues to be an American’s debate of fairness. In this informative video, “A Question of Fairness: The Affirmative Action Debate,” posted by Films on Demands, presents an aggressive point of view of affirmative action fairness. Undoubtedly, through this video, it is feasible to suggest that some may think that affirmative action is not the answer for equality. Nevertheless, many would suggest that affirmative action has improved and provided opportunities for minorities and women towards more equality.
In this real-life video, viewers get to examine America’s national affirmative action debated issues. …show more content…
For instance, a strategy often recommended to leadership is to recognize that diversity in education, benefits everyone. According to the video, there were times when blacks’ students could not attend an all-white school. However, thanks to the many affirmative action programs, things have changed dramatically as they relate to creating diverse schools. Be that as it may, one of my company’s strategic goals is to assist educational organization leaders build a learning environment that will meet all students’ diverse needs inclusively. According to Theoharis and Scanlan (2015), inclusion requires the recognition of all children as full members of society with the respect of all their rights, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, language, poverty or impairment. To create such an environment, our clients are given the consultation on removing any obstacles that might prevent students from the enjoyment of these rights; therefore. creating the appropriate supportive and protective …show more content…
All in all, I admit that blacks were treated unfairly many centuries and decades ago through slavery, Jim Crow laws, and segregation. Under these circumstances, the implementation of affirmative action has served as a means to heal the nation’s equality even if others review it as preferential treatment. On the other hand, Cahn (2002) pointed out that preferential treatment for identified groups not only subverts the original intention of remedying injustice, but that it actually produces similar injustice by creating a new group of victims. As a business owner, my hiring processes do not suggest preferential treatment. As a matter of fact, the company’s hiring process is based on skills, knowledge, and experience. Generally, my goal is not to make an individual feel that they received their position through preferential treatment, but based on individual skills, knowledge and