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one other consequence of affirmative action programs is the attitudes towards other policies for those groups. From the study on social consequences, it showed that affirmative action programs can influence attitudes towards policies such as immigration policies (Maio and Esses, 1998, p72). Due to the different perspectives and sides on affirmative action program, there will be two different sides on these policies as well. People who are against affirmative action would also be most likely to…

first understand how this issue first developed, as well as what affirmative action is. Affirmative action is a policy also known as positive discrimination, in other words, it strives to favor people who are a minority, such as, people of color. This is an important issue as it affects legislators, colleges, but most importantly future college students. For this issue, there are those that are for and against affirmative action; as well as those who seek a compromise, like the Top Ten percent…

“Special considerations” of affirmative action creates diversity that helps minority students. Osamudia James, a graduate from the University of Wisconsin Law school with a Master of Law (Llm) addressed the relationship between affirmative action and diversity. Her research concluded that more minorities can attend prestigious schools if race is a consideration in university admissions. The attendance of minorities in prestigious universities has had many positive effects: diversity in…

Collin Rust 11/28/2017 Professor Smith The Case for Reforming Affirmative Action Since affirmative action was first fashioned up and implemented by President John F. Kennedy on March 6th 1961 through the use of an executive order, the program that was designed to help boost the role of historically wronged racial classes (Sander, 2013). This was originally seen by many scholars as an absolutely necessary measure in order to help bring together a nation that had been historically divided by race.…

Today organizations pay due attention to the significance of affirmative action in the workplace. There is much evidence that affirmative action can help to resolve the discrimination problem in the workplace. In fact, affirmative action has been scrutinized for years because of the changes it has brought about in workplaces for minorities and women. Today due to the development and implementation of effective affirmative action programs, minorities and women have an opportunity to advance their…

Affirmative action is a highly controversial topic among many people. For some, affirmative action is seen as a great set of policies that ends discrimination in the workforce and the educational system. For others though, affirmative action seems to worsen the problem it is set out to end. While the diversity and the amount of opportunities that minorities get with affirmative action does increase, reverse discrimination is very apparent. This then causes two sides where one side is reaping the…

Affirmative action is one of the different actions that deal with racial inequality problems. In 1961, President Kennedy first introduced affirmative action to America, according to Ford and Whiting (122). Affirmative action’s target is to reduce and eventually put an end to the discriminations in education, employment, advocate racial diversity, remedy mistakes and eliminate barriers toward equality (Ford and Whiting, 121). One of its important goals is achieving educational equity. Nowadays,…

affirmative action, a controversial issue has been whether it promotes diversity, racial or economic, on campuses when pertaining to college admissions. On the one hand, some argue that affirmative action provides a benefit for those who historically endure discrimination. The people who argue this perspective often will quote historical documents to show the intense discrimination minorities faced. On the other hand, others argue that it is not beneficial. According to this view, affirmative…

Nancy Raya Professor Jones English 1A 16 December 2016 Nonpartisan: Affirmative Action The origin of the term affirmative action came from an executive order by President John F. Kennedy in 1961, designed to promote equal employment opportunities. In 1964 the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which banned discrimination on the basis of race, national origin, and sex in the areas of employment, public facilities, and government programs.…

it’s peak in 1950s and 60s. To fight discrimination, President Kennedy in 1961 signed an executive order creating affirmative action. Affirmative action required businesses and colleges to have a certain amount of minorities in admittance. In the following years since affirmative action, racism has dwindled away, but our society continues to hold on to affirmative action. This system once made to fight racism, has now, in and of itself, created racism to white people and “it” needs to be…