The question to be studied by the students in different classes was “Is it Time to End Affirmative Action?” According to the text “Affirmative Action refers to preferences based that has been used in education and employment since the mid-1960s to compensate for the effects of past discriminations” The question is appropriate for the students because most of us are racial minorities who would most likely benefit from the Affirmative action and we will be on our way to college in a few months. The data was collected by making the students read an article about Affirmative Action where two authors Wand Connerly and Cornell William Brooks both try to convince the reader if YES it is time to end it or NO, it should not be ended. After reading
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Based on this data we can observe that the most convincing writer was Wand Connerly. We are no longer experiencing the same hardships we did in the past and we have come a long way since the Affirmative Action came to be, here he is talking about it “Ironically Since the mid1960s This principle of equal treatment has been largely ignored to compensate for the historical discrimination suffered by racial minorities and women” This means we are not expressing equality if we are compensating a generation for something their ancestors were the victims of and we rarely deal with to the same extent to this day. The author Cornell William Brooks would say Affirmative Action should continue for it gives opportunities out of reach for those who lack the resources “For half a century, Affirmative Action has been giving people of color, women and other disadvantaged groups access to schools and jobs that were once off-limits” The limits are no longer the same faced by these groups 50 years ago.The same author also believes Diversity is good for our country since “Supreme Court concluded in 2003 that a commitment to diversity strengthens faith in our democracy.” Which is a reasonable goal to keep aiming for. But The first author provides an anecdote from a professor who gave 3 conditions to be met in order for it to no longer be needed and he proves how society has reached that point already when he says “Today interracial marriage is commonplace; few would hesitate to trade places with Oprah Winfrey or Derek Jeter; and in 2008 and again in 2012, Americans elected Barack Obama, the first black president.” Meaning that diversity has already benefited this country and will probably continue to do so in the future without the help of Affirmative
Based on this data we can observe that the most convincing writer was Wand Connerly. We are no longer experiencing the same hardships we did in the past and we have come a long way since the Affirmative Action came to be, here he is talking about it “Ironically Since the mid1960s This principle of equal treatment has been largely ignored to compensate for the historical discrimination suffered by racial minorities and women” This means we are not expressing equality if we are compensating a generation for something their ancestors were the victims of and we rarely deal with to the same extent to this day. The author Cornell William Brooks would say Affirmative Action should continue for it gives opportunities out of reach for those who lack the resources “For half a century, Affirmative Action has been giving people of color, women and other disadvantaged groups access to schools and jobs that were once off-limits” The limits are no longer the same faced by these groups 50 years ago.The same author also believes Diversity is good for our country since “Supreme Court concluded in 2003 that a commitment to diversity strengthens faith in our democracy.” Which is a reasonable goal to keep aiming for. But The first author provides an anecdote from a professor who gave 3 conditions to be met in order for it to no longer be needed and he proves how society has reached that point already when he says “Today interracial marriage is commonplace; few would hesitate to trade places with Oprah Winfrey or Derek Jeter; and in 2008 and again in 2012, Americans elected Barack Obama, the first black president.” Meaning that diversity has already benefited this country and will probably continue to do so in the future without the help of Affirmative