Affirmative Action

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"More than three decades after President Johnson's Executive Order 11246 and subsequent U.S. Department of Labor regulations requiring reports on the inclusion of minorities and women in government agencies were put into effect, the political debate continues over whether affirmative action programs should remain a national policy. The controversy has escalated in the past few years and pitted whites against minorities and males against females as many European.American male workers begin to speak of lowered standards and reverse discrimination.

Although the intentions of affirmative action programs were merely to make more opportunities available to minorities and women by encouraging employers to set goals and timetables for achieving diversity, the reality of affirmative action has strayed significantly from the intent. Few would argue that the task of ..."

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