Affirmative Action And Fairness Analysis

Affirmative action policies allow for equal opportunity and throughout history have helped end discrimination in the workforce as well as many different type of organizations. Minorities are given the opportunity to compete for job opportunities and admissions to educational institutions. However, not everyone agrees with these types of policies and believe that this is a form of “reverse discrimination” against white individuals (1). These individuals argue that minorities that include people of color and women are given preference and although the qualifications may be the same amongst all, the minorities will be granted the opportunity simply because of their skin color or gender. In “Affirmative Action and Fairness” Robert Fullinwider discusses how affirmative action is viewed differently …show more content…
In the Land of Giants analogy, humans are transported to a world where everything is built for and is run by giants. Giants see humans as inferior creatures that are unable to do anything because of the way they were made. If these humans were placed back on earth where everything is made to their scale, they’d be able to show that they can be useful. In the World of Curbs analogy, he talks about how individuals in wheel chairs were at some point seen as incapable of performing regular tasks because of they were handicap. However, this was only this way because society had built a world of curbs. These man made curves was what actually held back individuals from their potential, not their actual physical state. Although I understand Fullinwider’s idea, it is not the best way to represent the social issue at hand and how it compares to the way society is built. This World of Curbs is more fitting in this case because it compares a particular social issue that society had to deal with and has been able to overcome this obstacle and provide equality for a minority group that was once