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Affirmative Action: Opportunities Of Character, Not Color
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Created in the 1960's, affirmative action programs attempted to
undo past racial discrimination by giving preference to blacks and other
minorities. The idea behind these programs was to help minorities gain the
representation in the job market that paralleled their percentage of the
population ( ....
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....goals: reduce the color-consciousness of
university students and ease racial tension. On the contrary, it has done
exactly the opposite because affirmative action "poses a conflict between
two cherished American principles: the belief that all Americans deserve
equal opportunities and the idea that hard work and merit, not race or
religion or gender or birthright, should determine who prospers and who
does not" (Roberts 32).
This leads to a series of problems at universities. For exam.... |
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