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Affirmative action began as an executive order signed by President Kennedy during the civil rights movement of the 1960s. The Civil Rights Act was later expanded on to include women and signed into law by President Johnson. It is defined as an action or policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination, especially in relation to employment or education. Affirmative action was created to break down barriers and level the playing field, and to ” proceed on the common sense notion if…

Affirmative action was to ensure that all Americans were treated equally disregarding their race. The meaning some how has lost its value and the understanding behind it. Diversity takes part in the controversial topic. For example, Blacks as a group have always acquired less education than Whites as a group. However, society stereotypically assume Blacks as weak minded when hearing dropouts. There continues to be controversial wrangling over Affirmative Action Program, and the future of this…

This was an action research project conducted by a high school science teacher. She took a self-proclaimed constructionism epistemology. In regards to the epistemology, the study’s parameters were governed by the social environment. The study took place in the author’s 10th grade biology classroom, this was a natural setting for both the researcher and participants of the study. The research was conducted using qualitative methods, such as, interviews, observations, and participant. The…

Affirmative Action Needs To Be Put To Rest For years, men have worked hard for their wealth and power, and as a result, men like Bill Gates enter the world and conquer its riches. The thing about him, however, is that he is considered to have an advantage that everyone doesn’t have, he’s white. Because of this advantage, the push for Affirmative Action has become an uproar in our society. People fail to see that others, minorities specifically, have made a name for themselves without “special…

Should affirmative action be allowed in schools? Or does the very idea undermine equality? The case of affirmative action has confronted the Supreme Court in 2008 by a white woman, Abigail Fisher, who believed she was denied acceptance to the University of Texas at Austin because of her skin color. The Court eventually refused to make a major ruling, but instead sent the case back to the lower courts for future analysis and for a future ruling. As for now, affirmative action still exists, but…

Another pillar of support for affirmative action is the fact that it is still upheld and supported by the courts. Out of the fifty states in the nation, eight states currently ban race-based affirmative action at all public universities. These states are California, Washington, Michigan, Nebraska, Arizona, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Oklahoma. The 2016 court case Fisher v. UT Austin upheld affirmative action within universities. In the supreme court opinion, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy said…

HOW CAN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION CAN BE CHANGED Prepared for The professor of Bellevue University Michelle Bahr Prepared by Dongyan Lao Student of Bellevue University January 20, 2015 TABLE OF CONTENT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 PROBLEMS OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION 4 HOW CAN THE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION BE CHANGED 4 WHY SHOULD AFFIRMATIVE ACTION BE CHANGED 5 BUDGET 6 SUMMARY 6 REFERENCE 8 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In 1961, President John F. Kennedy, in his first Executive Order 10925, was first…

The articles “Class Action- A Challenge To Class-Based Affirmative Action” and “Affirmative Action Based on Income”, written by Nikole Hannah-Jones and Richard D. Kahlenberg, respectively, debate the merits of both affirmative action based on race and on socioeconomic class. Kahlenberg makes the claim that class is a bigger disadvantage than race in modern America to achieving a higher level of education. Jones, conversely, presents the counterargument that race continues to be the largest…

The United States government enacted affirmative action in 1961 during the Kennedy administration to give minorities an equal opportunity in society (“A brief History…”). Since then, many colleges and companies across the nation have implemented this action. Included in this action is a group of executive orders. One of the most popular executive actions introduced is the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that requires companies employed by the federal government to not judge based on race…

regardless of Race, Gender, National Origin, Religion, Disability and Age. Two initiatives I will be exploring are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action. Equal Opportunity Equal Opportunity started to make waves in 1961 as an executive order from President John F. Kennedy. In his order he indicated that federal contractors take “affirmative action…