The first question you may ask is " what is affirmative action?" Affirmative action is the encouragement of increased representation of women and minority group member, especially in employment (Dictionary). This applies mostly in schools and workplaces. Evidence suggest that it has had some success in improving educational and economic opportunity for women and minorities (Gale). This topic has started many large debates and has become a very big issue since it has to deal with discrimination and merging something that has been segregated for a very long time. So, is it a necessary thing for educational environments and workplaces?
First, we look at the purpose of affirmative action in an academic setting, which is to involve qualified …show more content…
the nation's future depends upon leaders trained through wide exposure to the ideas and mores of students as diverse as this nation of many peoples" (NC State). I think what Justice Powell was meaning was that exposing people to different kinds of minorities and ethnicities can imporove their education. It can prepare them for the workplace and to work with a melting pot of different people.
We could also ask the same question for work place purposes. Is affirmative action necessary in the workplace? Before the evolution of affirmative action came into play , it was known as a system that legally defined black people as property and declared them to be less than human (Hill. 296). Job discrimination was just as bad as the isolation in schools. Negros and other minorities were denied the opportunity of working white workplaces. If they were lucky enough to get assigned a job, it was of lower payment. This was until the Equal Emplayment Opportunity Commission came into …show more content…
Several public and legal opinions differ about the subject. Debated have implied that people for affirmative action think the United States (U.S.) needs to have a "colorless" policy. On the opposing side people think affirmative action is just hurting the minorities more because they are not doing justice to their job causing the quality of the business to decrease. This also frustrates whites that have been let go to people who "do not know what they are doing." Affirmative action supporters also think that we should be offering more jobs to the whites who need it more than minorities who do not need it as
First, we look at the purpose of affirmative action in an academic setting, which is to involve qualified …show more content…
the nation's future depends upon leaders trained through wide exposure to the ideas and mores of students as diverse as this nation of many peoples" (NC State). I think what Justice Powell was meaning was that exposing people to different kinds of minorities and ethnicities can imporove their education. It can prepare them for the workplace and to work with a melting pot of different people.
We could also ask the same question for work place purposes. Is affirmative action necessary in the workplace? Before the evolution of affirmative action came into play , it was known as a system that legally defined black people as property and declared them to be less than human (Hill. 296). Job discrimination was just as bad as the isolation in schools. Negros and other minorities were denied the opportunity of working white workplaces. If they were lucky enough to get assigned a job, it was of lower payment. This was until the Equal Emplayment Opportunity Commission came into …show more content…
Several public and legal opinions differ about the subject. Debated have implied that people for affirmative action think the United States (U.S.) needs to have a "colorless" policy. On the opposing side people think affirmative action is just hurting the minorities more because they are not doing justice to their job causing the quality of the business to decrease. This also frustrates whites that have been let go to people who "do not know what they are doing." Affirmative action supporters also think that we should be offering more jobs to the whites who need it more than minorities who do not need it as