Affirmative Action

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This paper addresses the issue of affirmative action. The paper explores several aspects of its policies and invites colleges and employers to remove the race box from their application processes. The paper also argues that affirmative action takes away the incentive to work hard and get ahead based on merit and ability and replaces it with letting race determine success.

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"Affirmative action was said to be a solution to racism. It insured that minorities and women would be afforded opportunities that they otherwise would be turned away from due to their race or gender. Affirmative action placed race boxes on the applications of colleges and employers nationwide and those race boxes alerted the powers that be what race the applicant was(Foxman, 1995). It did not end there. Affirmative action placed quotas on colleges and employers dictating what percentage of their population would be comprised of minorities and women. The affirmative action program was designed to right the wrongs of racism across the nation but what it actually did was deprive millions of people across the nation from earning their rightful place in college and on the job market based on their abilities. "

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