I am writing to you to address a majorly controversial topic, Affirmative Action. I would like to ask you the question, do we all have equal opportunities? The answer is too often no from minority students. Affirmative Action is a popular debate that has to do with colleges and workplaces letting in more women and minorities. I am going to argue that Affirmative Action should stay legal and should be allowed in more cities and companies. It gives everyone an opportunity at a higher education and it gives those who are qualified a job that they might not’ve gotten it before because of slight racial bias in today’s society. Now, with that, I also believe that there should be exceptions for students and adults who are not qualified enough for
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In Affirmative Action Overview by NCSL, they found that “Affirmative action programs have resulted in doubling or tripling the number of minority applications to colleges or universities, and have made colleges and universities more representative of their surrounding community.” This is a compelling piece of evidence because it shows why diversity is so important. The world and community are so diverse, so workplaces should be as well. Some more specific evidence would be from the same article by NCSL, but this time it has statistics that go into more depth than just a statement. “2007, 70 percent of white high school graduates immediately enrolled in college, compared to 56 percent of African American graduates and 61 percent of Hispanic graduates. . .in 2011, 69 percent of white high school graduates immediately enrolled in college, compared to 65 percent of African American graduates and 63 percent of Hispanic graduates.” This statistic shows that there is progress being made, especially for African American students, who went up almost ten percent. A point made against this fact is that it hurts the majority race and it’s just not necessary to keep it after all these years. This was the topic of many court cases, some even being brought to the Supreme Court. After a ruling on the infamous Bakke case, where a …show more content…
Like I mentioned in the last paragraph, there were years of discrimination before recent times, and Affirmative Action is a piece of the puzzle to fixing and reversing those negative effects. In an article by Civil Right 101, a truth is learned after the National Asian and Pacific American Legal Consortium conducted a research. “. . .although white men make up only 48% of the college-educated workforce, they hold over 90% of the top jobs in the news media, 96% of CEO positions, 86% of law firm partnerships, and 85% of tenured college faculty positions.” To me, it was shocking to learn that although men make up less than half of the educated workforce, they still held all of these top jobs and positions by more than 80%. Another piece of evidence that shows clearly that Caucasians often have the upperhand is from What happens to college diversity if you kill affirmative action? by Tanzina Vega. “White families have a median wealth of about $134,000, compared to Hispanics at $13,900 and blacks at $11,000.” Although it is true this may not be completely accurate, it does a good job of summing up studies that have been done that shows about how much of an advantage the majority race can have. A major reason against this argument is that the students who get into college and university because of Affirmative Action are questioned and left with self
In Affirmative Action Overview by NCSL, they found that “Affirmative action programs have resulted in doubling or tripling the number of minority applications to colleges or universities, and have made colleges and universities more representative of their surrounding community.” This is a compelling piece of evidence because it shows why diversity is so important. The world and community are so diverse, so workplaces should be as well. Some more specific evidence would be from the same article by NCSL, but this time it has statistics that go into more depth than just a statement. “2007, 70 percent of white high school graduates immediately enrolled in college, compared to 56 percent of African American graduates and 61 percent of Hispanic graduates. . .in 2011, 69 percent of white high school graduates immediately enrolled in college, compared to 65 percent of African American graduates and 63 percent of Hispanic graduates.” This statistic shows that there is progress being made, especially for African American students, who went up almost ten percent. A point made against this fact is that it hurts the majority race and it’s just not necessary to keep it after all these years. This was the topic of many court cases, some even being brought to the Supreme Court. After a ruling on the infamous Bakke case, where a …show more content…
Like I mentioned in the last paragraph, there were years of discrimination before recent times, and Affirmative Action is a piece of the puzzle to fixing and reversing those negative effects. In an article by Civil Right 101, a truth is learned after the National Asian and Pacific American Legal Consortium conducted a research. “. . .although white men make up only 48% of the college-educated workforce, they hold over 90% of the top jobs in the news media, 96% of CEO positions, 86% of law firm partnerships, and 85% of tenured college faculty positions.” To me, it was shocking to learn that although men make up less than half of the educated workforce, they still held all of these top jobs and positions by more than 80%. Another piece of evidence that shows clearly that Caucasians often have the upperhand is from What happens to college diversity if you kill affirmative action? by Tanzina Vega. “White families have a median wealth of about $134,000, compared to Hispanics at $13,900 and blacks at $11,000.” Although it is true this may not be completely accurate, it does a good job of summing up studies that have been done that shows about how much of an advantage the majority race can have. A major reason against this argument is that the students who get into college and university because of Affirmative Action are questioned and left with self