Issue:
Affirmative Action
Both
Sides of the Affirmative Action Argument
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The Issue. Decide For Yourself.
Affirmative
action refers to policies proposed to remedy
the historical effects of race or sex discrimination.
This is commonly done by giving an individual a preference
or advantage based their race, ethnic background, or gender.
Quotas
are an extreme form of affirmative action.
The
worst feature of such programs is that they are presented
to the public as
if they were "equal
opportunity" programs when they are patently aimed
at "equal outcomes" regardless of the merits
and abilities of job applicants. In effect, this means selecting
applicants by the color of their skin, precisely what the
original concept of non-discrimination forbids. [ learn
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Source:
Conservapedia
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Pro-Affirmative
Action
Proponents
of affirmative action generally advocate it either
as a means to address
past discrimination
or to enhance racial, ethnic, gender, or other diversity
of some minority groups. They may argue that the end result—a
more diversified and representative student body, police
force or other group—justifies the means.
Proponents of affirmative action argue that
by nature the system is not only race based, but also class
and gender based. [ learn
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Anti-Affirmative
Action
The
opponents of affirmative action say that using it to
remove discrimination is counter-productive,
both because it requires the very discrimination it is
seeking to eliminate in order to work and because it promotes
prejudice by increasing resentment of those who are the
beneficiaries of affirmative action from those who have
been adversely affected by the policy.
In short, opponents argue that affirmative action:
- continues
discrimination in the opposite, in what is known as
reverse discrimination
- promotes
the less-qualified over the more-qualified, rather
than simply opening doors
to the historically under-represented
- continues
the circle repressed groups needing to continue to
be underprivileged
for their benefit
- hurts mainstream groups for injustices they did
not cause or condone
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