Affirmative Action

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Affirmative action has increasingly become a popular subject of debate. Not only does the phrase "affirmative action" mean different things to different people, but also there are different arguments for and against it. While many people tout the benefits of affirmative action programs, they have acted as a stumbling block for minorities and have essentially created a starker disparity in the struggle for equal opportunity between white people and other minority groups. This paper looks at the pros and cons of affirmative action. It also discusses affirmative action as reverse discrimination, as well as the future of this system.

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"Affirmative action was created to ensure fair hiring policies for all American citizens, in an attempt to ensure all individuals must be treated equally in the hiring and admissions process. Some of these programs have been effective and have an impact on hiring processes because they maintain that each individual is to be evaluated as an individual on her or his merits and not be discriminated because of their gender, racial or ethnic characteristics.

However, it is important to realize that, in many businesses and schools, affirmative action has established a quota system that rejects or accepts students based solely on race. This makes the original purpose of affirmative action obsolete, as it often causes reverse discrimination. In an attempt to solve racial and sexual discrimination, it is necessary to work harder to eliminate the sources of these problems racism and sexism."

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