Affirmative defense

In their work, Felipe and Montalvo discuss situations in which food justice organizations want to improve “diversity” and/or “inclusiveness” of their program. They authors quickly points out that the need to improve diversity reveals that the program currently lacks diversity and is most likely, a predominantly white and heteropatriarchal space. The author’s point that something cannot exist without its opposite reminded me of the philosophical concept of “unity of opposite.” Many consider that…

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…

6. A meritocracy is a social ideology. The idea is that individuals can earn rewards based off of their individual talents and abilities. It implies that every individual has a fair and equal chance of success from fairly given opportunities. In a true meritocracy, an individual can obtain economic success based solely upon his or her merit, and not based on his or her race, social class, inheritance, or luck. Therefore, in a theoretical meritocracy, inequality is nonexistent. There are a few…

Affirmative action has received a variety of reactions since its inception on March 6, 1961. This order instituted a policy of “positive discrimination” where members of a disadvantaged group are favored more than their “advantaged” counterparts. This order allows race to be a factor in the university selection process. This mandate has caused heavy debate between people who support the bill and those who oppose it. Generally, people who support affirmative action have humanitarian motives.…

The historical efforts of the mandates in Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action (AA) have made great strides. Their efforts have changed the manner in which many organizations recruit and promote. Moreover, the EEO and AA are the tools used in many organizations that increase opportunities for both females and minorities in their employee pool (Leonard, 1983). However, there may be instances where the programs used to promote equal treatment within the populace…

Should race be a factor in college’s admission decision? Do you find this fair? I truly believe that race shouldn’t play any type of factor in college. Why should only a certain race be able to go to one special college? For example let’s say Harvard only accepted white people and you were Hispanic or African American, how would you feel? Do you think that’s alright? I for one hand being Hispanic would absolutely hate that. What if there was no such thing as race? What would be judge people by?…

The labor force hasn’t always been fair for certain ethnic groups. Whites have always been stereotyped as the “dominant” race over the years. Many different minorities were encouraged to migrate to the United States to work. A minority is a group of people who are discriminated against in a community because of race, religion, or language. There are complaints about fairness at work, the payment minorities receive, welfare, etc. Klein, the co-chair of the Kapor Center for Social Impact, states…

beliefs, in other words, are deeply embedded in them. In recent years, it seems like many people like to blame and attack affirmative action and want to do away with it or feel there is no need for it anymore, especially in high unemployment areas. One perspective of many Americans, including people in Louisiana, the traces of discrimination have almost disappeared, and affirmative action is unfairly proving an advantage to minorities. Its allowing people to "cut in" front of them in job…

selecting individuals for public fields such as government positions or admissions for higher educational spots. Affirmative Action, Adverse Aftermath Race and discrimination are just as commonly discussed, debated, and argued in today’s political scene as they were when John F. Kennedy first introduced affirmative action in the late 1960’s to help enforce the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Affirmative action and other programs that consider race and gender to vet candidates seem to be easily…

Affirmative action policies are those in which an organization interacts in the efforts to improve opportunities for people who have not been represented equally and fairly. Institutions of high academic achievement, Affirmative Action points out to the admission policies that maintain equal access to education for any groups who have not been represented equally and fairly. It was intended to help minorities ensure that they are represented equally. However, despite the efforts that have been…