A Civil Action

An issue I’d like to solve in the United States is effects of affirmative action. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, affirmative action is defined as “an active effort to improve the employment or educational opportunities of members of minority groups and women.” Affirmative action policies generally relate to employment and education opportunities. In regards to education, specifically college, affirmative action relates to admission guidelines that implement fair and equal…

discussed affirmative action, a set of laws, policies, guidelines, and administrative practices “intended to end and correct the effects of a specific form of discrimination.” It is remarkable to hear Dr. Bennett-Alexander name certain events from 1619 to 1980 from the back of her head, I certainly cannot accomplish that. From 1619, when the first recorded Africans arrived in the United States of America as indentured servants, all the way up to 1964, when Title VII of the Civil Right Act of…

9. Compare and contrast the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee’s (SNCC’s) 1960 sit-ins with the Congress of Racial Equality’s 1961 Freedom Rides. Which action do you think was most effective and why? a. Although blacks had been struggling for equal rights since the end of Reconstruction, their fight for civil rights picked up speed in the 1950s and 1960s. Both groups, the SCLC, and SNCC were all committed to nonviolence and peaceful means of protesting racial inequality, they used…

Equality in Education The idea of affirmative action was first introduced in 1961 when John F. Kennedy signed an executive order pursuing federal contractors to develop a work culture free of bias and judgment. This idea further developed in the 1964 Civil Rights Act, banning discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion, and other characteristics. The first time this concept delved into college admissions was when President Lyndon Johnson delivered his historical speech at Howard…

When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America tells of a historical paradox, one that is often overlooked, during a period of remarkable policy advances to relieve the large-scale hardship and economic desolation subsequent to one of the bleakest moments of American history, known as the Great Depression. The Great Depression (1929-1939) has been covered throughout the duration of this course and is a precursor to the creation of the New…

Affirmative Action In 1964 John F. Kennedy signed the Civil Rights Act of the year 1964 in which guaranteed “equal opportunities among races, genders, religions, people with disabilities and veterans, in an effort to counter past discrimination against these minority groups” but 3 years before the executive order 11246 was put in place by President Lyndon B. Johnson to demand government employers to take “affirmative action” to give all race, religion and national origin at chance to hire. Then…

democratic society, it is necessary for the State to intervene for the good of society. The principle of affirmative action is an example of discrimination in society. It is instituted on the basis that it assists minority groups who lack equal opportunity. The purpose of affirmative action, otherwise known as positive discrimination, is to compensate for injustices…

“In institutions of higher education, affirmative action refers to admission policies that provide equal access to education for those groups that have been historically excluded or underrepresented, such as women and minorities. Affirmative action is an outcome of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, intended to provide equal opportunities for members of minority groups and women in education and employment” (NCOSL). Affirmative action policies, at first were established in order to improve the…

In this paper, I set forth arguments against Affirmative Action, which I criticize as a mere attempt to reconcile the discriminatory practices or injustices made in the past. Affirmative Action intentions is to forget the repercussion of slavery, the misstep to rectify the constitutional rights of African Americans and how it was allowed to go unprotected until the mid-1960s (African American Civil Right Movement), as well as the refusal to grant women and minorities the right to vote; these…

But, in action, it is much more emotional than this. It is the denial and oppression of your sister, mother, aunt, or friend despite her qualifications and ability. The glass ceiling has been around for as long as women have worked outside the home; it effects positions held and wages earned. The glass ceiling has been prodded with government regulations like the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which tries to guarantee equal opportunity to all people. But such actions cannot be…