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Affirmative action was established in order to put a treaty to help create a society in which all citizens should be all positioned in a fair and an equal status. This action was implemented in the purpose to reduce discrimination to particular individuals or groups that had limited prospects in the past. So, this particular group will no longer experience discrimination in the work force or in educational institutions in regards of their age, race and gender. However, the execution of this…

Affirmative action was first introduced by President Kennedy in 1961 as a method of readdressing discrimination that persisted in spite of civil rights laws and constitutional amendments. This lead to profound civil rights battle. The debate on affirmative action brought up an excellent question such as “is it righteous to support affirmative action?” The answer is of course all people should be granted an equal chance to succeed in life despite of their cultural background. In order for future…

In the 2015-2016 election cycle, political action committees (PACs) raised $1.4 billion to aid presidential and congressional campaigns; the majority of that money is non-traceable and does not come with a name tag attached (Federal Election Commission). After the landmark Supreme Court Case of Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission, American politicians have been under fire for their cloak and dagger tactics to raise money for their political parties and election campaign finances.…

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…

President Kennedy signed ‘Executive Order 10925’ and he announced affirmative action in 1961, “Take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin (Stewart, 2012)”, then President Lyndon Jonson expanded and put the details of affirmative action (“Ten Myths about Affirmative Action”, n.d.) Usually affirmative action can be defined as the hiring policy…

Louis P. Pojman uses the article, “The Case Against Affirmative Action,” to address why he is against Affirmative Action. Affirmative Action is where people take steps to increase the number of women, or people of color in situations like education and employment because, they were a part of a group that were discriminated against. One solid argument that he has is known as the role model argument. In the role model argument, he argues, “We all have need of role models, and it helps to know that…

Admissions, I write this letter to you in regards to your race-based affirmative action program that has been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court as of 2013. Just a few years ago, a woman by the name of Abigail Fisher challenged your affirmative action program created to increase the enrollment of minority students. The Supreme Court decided in favor of this program, and by doing so, upheld the use of race-based affirmative action in higher education, specifically in your institution (“Equality”…

article, The Case against Affirmative Action, that even in extreme cases reverse racism and strong affirmative action are wrong. Pojman differentiates between strong and weak affirmative action and in his article he focus on strong affirmative action. Pojman defines strong affirmative action as preferential treatment to someone based on race, ethnicity, or gender in favor of the under represented groups to get equal rights. The first argument made for affirmative action that Pojman disagrees…

On June 23rd of 2016, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that in the case of Fisher v. University of Texas At Austin, also known as Fisher II, affirmative action was fair and that Miss Fisher was not cheated out of a spot at UT Austin. Affirmative action is the act of benefiting people of an underprivileged group who presently or historically have known to be victims of inequity or discrimination. In terms of college applications, it means that African Americans, Native Americans, and…

States have adopted affirmative action policies in efforts to correct discrimination. Some of these policies are racially based and intended to give support to disadvantaged, historically-discriminated minorities. Although it may help a few, race based affirmative action in universities should be abolished because it is discriminatory and creates division, may actually be helpful affected minority students, and masks the real problem. Race based affirmative action is itself discriminatory and…