Affirmative Action

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This paper explains that the basic aim of affirmative action was to put a considerable dent in the tightly controlled networks of privileged white male citizens who monopolized the good jobs and influential positions in American society. The author points out that Congress has consistently found that discrimination exists in the awarding of government contracts. The paper relates that affirmative action has been shown to benefit middle-class minorities more often then those in the lower-class.

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Introduction
What is Affirmative Action
The Pros and Cons of Affirmative Action

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"Until the Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974 was passed, lenders routinely discriminated against women based on their sex and marital status, limiting their ability to accumulate capital. Accordingly, even by 1990 the average business owned by women earned only $19,876 a year, which was 45% of the average earnings of the typical American business. In 1994, women-owned businesses represented 1.7% of procurement dollars awarded by the Department of Defense."

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