Affirmative Action a good way to enhance social equality?
- Supporters of Affirmative Action believe that by enforcing Affirmative Action it will help level out equality among disadvantaged groups. They believe that is better for a minority student to graduate from a top university even if it means that their performance is low. According to the supporters, a student' success comes from graduating from a top university, and not their actual performance at the university. The argument continues by stating that intellectual African Americans who attend all blacks schools have a disadvantage among their counterparts (i.e. Asian, and White students), because black schools offer less Advanced Placement courses.
- The non-supporters of Affirmative Action believe that Affirmative Action actually causes discrimination amongst the majority and the minority. They believe the law should be "race-blind", it only adds to more prejudice from a group to another. Affirmative Action should not rely on the basis of race, rather shift its focus of those educationally and economically disadvantaged people. A minority person could have lived a life full of fruitful education and so for, while there exist disadvantaged Whites who did not have that same opportunity. They also argue that Affirmative Action will places students who are not on the same level with their peers enrolled in more rigorous course work.
President Obama's views on Affirmative Action
-President Obama believes that the issue of Affirmative Action should be lessened. It has not brought much racial progression, but has also not had a major impact on the admission of Whites seeking college admission or a job. He believes that on the basic of racial progressing, every race should be receiving the best education and nutrition and securing opportunities for all youth. That everyone should be treated fairly, and race should be rarely be taken into account.
Official site of Affirmative Action
- The American Association for Affirmation Action was created in 1974 as a national non-profit organization to produce affirmative action, diversity, and equal opportunity to increase the equality in education and employment. The purpose of affirmative action is to aid those successful peoples that are members of long time discrimination by opening doors to many educational, and employment opportunities. They believe that it is in the nation's best interest to keep affirmative action striving. By maintaining affirmative action it will guide the youth of this country to a better society of equality and fairness
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