Affirmative action is a set of policies that often makes employment decisions a way to preventing further discrimination. A negative policy, this prevents further discrimination by making initial employment decisions blind in terms of race and gender. There are four main reasons that people and companies wish to preserve affirmative action programs. One is that these programs distribute society’s benefits and burdens; jobs are not distributed justly because they are not distributed according to the relevant criteria of ability, effort, contribution, or need. Statistics show that jobs are distributed according to race and gender. One end of affirmative action is to bring about a distribution of society’s benefits and burdens that is consistent
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Institutionalized economic deprivation hindered minorities from acquiring the skills, experience, training, and education they needed to be in equal competition with white males. Furthermore, because women and minorities have not been represented in society’s prestigious positions, young men and women have had no role models to motivate them to compete for such positions as young white males have. These minorities and minorities often have to deal with subtle racist and sexist attitudes that bias the judgments of those (usually white males) who evaluate job applicants and that are so deeply entrenched that they are virtually ineradicable. But these programs try and prevent that from happening. The third was to neutralize competitive disadvantages, as stated above often these groups are not given the same competitive advantages such as skills, training and education therefore they are often have a hand tied behind their back when it comes to getting a job. These programs level the playing field. And the last is to seek a just society, in which individuals are not limited by their race, gender, or …show more content…
The main part of the argument that court faced was: “Does the methodology University of Michigan Law School's use of racial preferences in student admissions violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment or Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?” She felt that other minorities with similar achievement and credentials were admitted to the university and she was denied because she in fact was not a minority. In 2002 the court ruled that it was fair because ultimately obtaining a diverse student body ultimately provides external educational benefits that a “homogenous” student body would not provide. In addition because the admission is based on individual review of the applicant and that an applicant’s race is represented as a small part of a holistic approach to admissions. These programs are important to colleges and universities because these environments prevent future tyranny, sexism, and racism. In educational spaces individuals are open to learning and are can be the catalysts for change and positive influence in a
Institutionalized economic deprivation hindered minorities from acquiring the skills, experience, training, and education they needed to be in equal competition with white males. Furthermore, because women and minorities have not been represented in society’s prestigious positions, young men and women have had no role models to motivate them to compete for such positions as young white males have. These minorities and minorities often have to deal with subtle racist and sexist attitudes that bias the judgments of those (usually white males) who evaluate job applicants and that are so deeply entrenched that they are virtually ineradicable. But these programs try and prevent that from happening. The third was to neutralize competitive disadvantages, as stated above often these groups are not given the same competitive advantages such as skills, training and education therefore they are often have a hand tied behind their back when it comes to getting a job. These programs level the playing field. And the last is to seek a just society, in which individuals are not limited by their race, gender, or …show more content…
The main part of the argument that court faced was: “Does the methodology University of Michigan Law School's use of racial preferences in student admissions violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment or Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?” She felt that other minorities with similar achievement and credentials were admitted to the university and she was denied because she in fact was not a minority. In 2002 the court ruled that it was fair because ultimately obtaining a diverse student body ultimately provides external educational benefits that a “homogenous” student body would not provide. In addition because the admission is based on individual review of the applicant and that an applicant’s race is represented as a small part of a holistic approach to admissions. These programs are important to colleges and universities because these environments prevent future tyranny, sexism, and racism. In educational spaces individuals are open to learning and are can be the catalysts for change and positive influence in a