Affirmative Action and Business

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This paper discusses the negative affects of affirmative action, which it states is an ineffective, racist policy that violates the United States Constitution, favors the middle and upper classes, allows unqualified entry to academic institutions and businesses, promotes racism, and fosters further discrimination.

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"Affirmative action is the set of public policies and initiatives designed to help eliminate past and present discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Affirmative action was set into place during the 1960's. Focusing in particular on education and jobs, affirmative action policies required that active measures be taken to ensure that blacks and other minorities enjoyed the same opportunities for promotions, salary increases, career advancement, school admissions, scholarships, and financial aid that had been the nearly exclusive province of whites (Brunner, Bakke and beyond). However, despite its good intentions to remedy past discrimination and to promote diversity., affirmative action has actually created more problems than it has solved, explaining why so many are now calling for an end to its policies."

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