Minority rights

other considerations that enter into admission decisions” (Fullinwider). Some colleges admit students who are in a minority group just because they are a minority. Those colleges don’t care about where they are from, how they did academically, what activities they were involved in, etc. They accept them right away, not caring about the other elements. Kids who aren’t minorities don’t get the same treatment. They could be involved in multiple activities and get excellent grades, but not…

constitution that allows the members of the branches not to be dependent on the members of other branches for the determination of their salaries and other duties. Also, the changes in the institutional design that Madison proposes are secure the rights of minority groups and save the states from being harmed through the social injustice. Overall, unlike the other delegates, Madison develops his own theory of a unique institutional design, which prefers safety and liberty of institution as well…

The Argument of Strong Affirmative Action Between Hettinger and Pojman After the era of the Civil Rights Movement swept how people think, Americans and business have tried to find ways in order to help promote diversity and equality into establishments such as the workforce and higher education. One of the ways that America has decided to do this is by promoting affirmative Action. Affirmative action a policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination, also know as positive…

Affirmative action is defined as, “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 Overview” n.p.). Affirmative action is a controversial topic when it comes to college acceptance and admissions. The Grutter v. Bollinger Supreme Court case concerning racial diversity in public colleges across America had greatly impacted many policies on affirmative action in…

perspectives, people in America tend to think that race relations have grown considerably worse in the past decade. Within the past century there have many changes to how races in American interact with each other, however, there is still much to be done. Rights’ activists fight for the total equality of the American public, which many Americans like to believe already exists, but is this true? How can I form my opinion on whether or not there is equality and how can I determine the state of…

“model minority” in the United States. Louis Wirth, “a scholar from the highly influential "Chicago School" of sociology, defines ‘minority’ as a group of people who, because of their physical or cultural characteristics, are singled out from the others in the society in which they live for differential and unequal treatment and who therefore regard themselves as objects of collective discrimination" (Parikh 161). In the article “How Chris…

Third, Han Chinese is important because almost all the ethnic minority within China has to cooperate with the Han since the 1911 revolution because the Han Chinese has been in power in the government. Moreover, China is one of the populous countries in the world and with its population considered 98% Han Chinese; this…

Pros and Cons of Discrimination Affirmative Action, the compensation to minority groups for discrimination, has been a controversial topic since its signing in by President Lyndon Johnson in 1965. This executive order has mandated specific guidelines for the incorporation of minority groups and women into education and the workforce. This purpose begs the question “How has Affirmative Action bridged the education gap for minority groups, and created a content, fair, and connected society for…

which I believe helped to sway the opinion of the court. Some of the factors taken into consideration by the court included: • The imbalance of minority representation in the job classification at issue • The long term goal of a workforce representative of minorities in the labor force • There was no quota system or deadline for the inclusion of minorities and women • The plan merely authorized a candidate’s sex as a consideration, not a defining factor for promotion • The agency directed its…

Racial identity development theories According to Chavez and DiBrito (vhbhb) racial and ethnic identity are vital to individual and collective identity overall framework. For some minority groups, racial identity is expressed in very conscious ways. Two conflicting cultural and social influences often trigger this manifestation. On the other hand the dominant groups, especially the white Americans, manifest racial identity mostly in unconscious ways expressed in their behaviors, beliefs, values…