Class action

the House of Representatives wanting to “Eliminate” Affirmative Action due to the fact that it isn’t working the way it used to and is no longer ending discrimination but creating more of it. Mr. Crapo feels that it is only helping certain minorities and not others that haven’t even been taken into consideration due to certain assumptions that they don’t need the same help as other minorities. The bill states that Affirmative Action should be eliminated because it “lowers standards of…

Should affirmative action policies change their focus from race-based to class-based? The term affirmative action was first used under President Franklin D. Roosevelt and was used for job security due to union blacklisting during the Great Depression. However, what would become the present form of affirmative action took shape under Kennedy. As times have changed the implementation of affirmative action has shifted it’s focus from the workplace to campuses. Affirmative action is currently a…

applicants are being treated dissimilarly on the basis of race. The Supreme Court finds in favor of Abigail Fisher. The plaintiff has been injured by the actions of the defendant. Specifically, Abigail Fisher suffered financial injury as a result of the University of Texas at Austin collecting $100 in filing fees from Fisher. State action is present because the University of Texas at Austin is a public actor because the University of Texas at Austin is a public university. The Supreme Court…

Affirmative Action Term Paper Affirmative Action is defined as “any policy or action aimed at securing [greater equality], that goes beyond simple legal access or passive nondiscrimination, but that does not alter the standards or qualifications for [people].” (DesJardins, 242). This concept has been a product of much debate between advocates for and against Affirmative Actions. The text, Affirmative Action as an Equalizing Opportunity by Luke Charles Harris and Uma Narayan, gives an argument…

President John F. Kennedy created the affirmative action program to provide equal opportunities for everyone in education. While this program started in the 1960’s, problems continued to present themselves as shown through the many court cases, such as Brown vs. Board of Education and Fisher vs. The University of Texas. Some people believe affirmative action is needed because it increases the number of underrepresented minority acceptance, leads to diversity in higher education, and eliminates…

Affirmative Action Affirmative action was enforced to end discrimination in education and employment based on race, gender, and sex. Affirmative action is one of the many important controversies in the United States. The affirmative act was passed during the civil rights movement. “In 1961, President Kennedy was the first to use the term "affirmative action" in an Executive Order that directed government contractors” (Messerli). We always wanted to have equal opportunities for everyone including…

The Case against Affirmative Action Here are many reasons to go against Affirmative Action. Many people know of Stanford and believe it is a great University. Stanford has gone against racial minorities especially in hiring, contracting and financial aid. Recently the University has decided to change this policy because of a public debate on affirmative action. Affirmative action on the opposite of discrimination. All laws of the United Sates of American make sure all people are, and that they…

Affirmative Action is defined as “an action or policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination, especially in relation to employment or education; positive discrimination.” Both articles I read “Affirmative Action and Higher Education” and “Achieving Diversity on Campus”. While both ladies argue a valid point everyone and every school will have different options on the matter. Whether or not it is a positive or negative on the educational community is unknown since we all have…

Philosopher Pojman argues against strong affirmative action, Philosopher Hettinger argues that affirmative action is justified even though the fact that such policies differentiate against young white males and Philosopher Steal shows a study of race relations in the United States. In this paper I will discuss why I side with Philosopher Pojman’s argument against strong affirmative action, you choose the path you go down and have an option to be different than others, you have opportunities and…

The non-action gamers were considered to be any person that had not played any video game for the past two years or played less than one to two hours a week for the past six months. Experiment one was called the “lane-keeping task” in which participants must stay…