Claim #1: Affirmative Action programs help to aid minorities in school who other wise, because of their economic background can not recieve the same education benefits as their majority peers.
Claim 2#: Affirmative Action programs help create diversity in school and the workplace by renforcing the ideal of multiculturalism, multiculturalism advocates equality to ethnic groups without promooting any ethinic, religious, or cultural values as central.
Claim #3: Affirmative Action, as it is positive, promotes reverse discrimination to its couterparts by using ones race as a requirment to be aided in these programs.
Claim #4: Affirmative Action should aid those individuals on the basis of merit, and those with economic downfall rather than on the basis of someones race or sex.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
RJA #10a: Thesis Statement
Affirmative Action programs help aid underprivelaged, low income, and intellectual minority students in college and universities, and within the workforce, but can also be the basis of reverse discrimination for the majority population.
Monday, October 19, 2009
RJA #9: Evaluation of Sources
Book:
Post, Robert, and Michael Paul Rogin. Race and Representation: Affirmative Action. New York: Zone Books, 1998.
Evaluation: I was really excited when I found this book through the Auraria campus library, because it will really benefit my research. This book bases the representation of race in the affirmative action scene. I will be really interested in finding what arguments are written in this book. Race is obviously the main factor when implementing affirmative action.
Website:
"Is affirmative action good public policy?" Debatepedia. 29 Sept. 2009. Web. 19 Oct. 2009..
Evaluation: Debatepedia is helping me understand different sides of the argument towards affirmative action. I just puts into perspective other people's ideas, that I most likely will not be citing this information or using it, because it is biased.
Periodical:
Lithwick, Dahlia. "Law: Obama and Affirmative Action." Newsweek. (2008): 34.
Evaluation: Obama has said in an interview with Associated Press, that he is for affirmative action. I think this information will be relate to my research paper because it will showcase the opinions that officials in the government have to say about affirmative action.
Website:
"About the AAAA." American Association for Affirmative Action. Web. 19 Oct. 2009..
Evaluation: Obviously this will be my best resource for affirmative action. This group is the American Association for Affirmative Action, and yes, it will be biased. But it will give my good information regarding what their ultimate goals are in implementing affirmative action in education, and the workplace.
Video:
Overview: Obama on Affirmative Action. 02 July 2009. Online Video Clip. Youtube. 19 October 2009..
Evaluation: As I previously mentioned, in this video clip Obama gets interviewed my Associated Press and answers a few questions regarding affirmative action, and what his personal preference is to this matter.
Government Publication:
United States. U.S. Department of Labor. Facts on Executive Order 11246 — Affirmative Action. Web. 19 Oct. 2009..
Evaluation: I like this fact sheet that the U.S. Department of Labor published because it gives the facts on this law that provides equality for all in the workplace. I will definitely give my approach to my affirmative action assignment to my research project, in which, i can use the information on this website to highlight the workforce towards affirmative action.
Post, Robert, and Michael Paul Rogin. Race and Representation: Affirmative Action. New York: Zone Books, 1998.
Evaluation: I was really excited when I found this book through the Auraria campus library, because it will really benefit my research. This book bases the representation of race in the affirmative action scene. I will be really interested in finding what arguments are written in this book. Race is obviously the main factor when implementing affirmative action.
Website:
"Is affirmative action good public policy?" Debatepedia. 29 Sept. 2009. Web. 19 Oct. 2009.
Evaluation: Debatepedia is helping me understand different sides of the argument towards affirmative action. I just puts into perspective other people's ideas, that I most likely will not be citing this information or using it, because it is biased.
Periodical:
Lithwick, Dahlia. "Law: Obama and Affirmative Action." Newsweek. (2008): 34.
Evaluation: Obama has said in an interview with Associated Press, that he is for affirmative action. I think this information will be relate to my research paper because it will showcase the opinions that officials in the government have to say about affirmative action.
Website:
"About the AAAA." American Association for Affirmative Action. Web. 19 Oct. 2009.
Evaluation: Obviously this will be my best resource for affirmative action. This group is the American Association for Affirmative Action, and yes, it will be biased. But it will give my good information regarding what their ultimate goals are in implementing affirmative action in education, and the workplace.
Video:
Overview: Obama on Affirmative Action. 02 July 2009. Online Video Clip. Youtube. 19 October 2009.
Evaluation: As I previously mentioned, in this video clip Obama gets interviewed my Associated Press and answers a few questions regarding affirmative action, and what his personal preference is to this matter.
Government Publication:
United States. U.S. Department of Labor. Facts on Executive Order 11246 — Affirmative Action. Web. 19 Oct. 2009.
Evaluation: I like this fact sheet that the U.S. Department of Labor published because it gives the facts on this law that provides equality for all in the workplace. I will definitely give my approach to my affirmative action assignment to my research project, in which, i can use the information on this website to highlight the workforce towards affirmative action.
Monday, October 12, 2009
RJA #8c: Multimedia
Resource searched or tool used : Youtube
Keywords used : affirmative action
Date of search : 10/12/09
Number of hits : 2,350
Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5) : doesn't say
Keywords used : affirmative action
Date of search : 10/12/09
Number of hits : 2,350
Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5) : doesn't say
RJA #8b: Social Media
Resource searched or tool used : Keotag
Keywords used : affirmative action, affirmative action+reverse+discrimination
Date of search : 10/12/09
Number of hits : 10 & 18
Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5) : doesn't say
Resource serched or tool used: IceRocket
Keywords used: affirmative action, affirmative action+reverse+discrimination
Date of search: 10/12/09
Number of hits: 14,742 &32
Relevence of hits: doesn't say
Keywords used : affirmative action, affirmative action+reverse+discrimination
Date of search : 10/12/09
Number of hits : 10 & 18
Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5) : doesn't say
Resource serched or tool used: IceRocket
Keywords used: affirmative action, affirmative action+reverse+discrimination
Date of search: 10/12/09
Number of hits: 14,742 &32
Relevence of hits: doesn't say
RJA #8a: Websites
Resource searched or tool used : Google
Keywords used : affirmative action, affirmative action+race, affirmative action+discrimination
Date of search : 10/12/09
Number of hits :8,410,000 & 3,480,000 & 9,050,000
Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5) : doesn't say
Resource searched or tool used : Dogpile
Keywords used : affirmative action, affirmative action+race, affirmative action+discrimination
Date of search : 10/12/09
Number of hits :doesn't say
Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5) : doesn't say
Resource searched or tool used : Yahoo! Directory
Keywords used : affirmative action, affirmative action+race, affirmative action+discrimination
Date of search : 10/12/09
Number of hits : 941 & 364 & 257
Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5) : doesn't say
Resource searched or tool used : IncyWincy
Keywords used : affirmative action, affirmative action+race, affirmative action+discrimination
Date of search : 10/12/09
Number of hits : 132,364 & 10,139 &10,227
Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5) : doesn't say
Keywords used : affirmative action, affirmative action+race, affirmative action+discrimination
Date of search : 10/12/09
Number of hits :8,410,000 & 3,480,000 & 9,050,000
Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5) : doesn't say
Resource searched or tool used : Dogpile
Keywords used : affirmative action, affirmative action+race, affirmative action+discrimination
Date of search : 10/12/09
Number of hits :doesn't say
Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5) : doesn't say
Resource searched or tool used : Yahoo! Directory
Keywords used : affirmative action, affirmative action+race, affirmative action+discrimination
Date of search : 10/12/09
Number of hits : 941 & 364 & 257
Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5) : doesn't say
Resource searched or tool used : IncyWincy
Keywords used : affirmative action, affirmative action+race, affirmative action+discrimination
Date of search : 10/12/09
Number of hits : 132,364 & 10,139 &10,227
Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5) : doesn't say
Internet Research Project
The internet search engine that I used was: Technorati( www.technorati.com).
Technorati is a search engine for blogs, it has houses about 112.5 million blogs, and about 250 million social media. It has categories which make it easier to search the website i.e. politics, religions, music, business, etc. I find that Technorati is useful to find out what other people are "blogging" about in different subject matters. Although, blogs are not usually credible, and are biased material, nonetheless, it gives a person good insight and opinions about different subjects. People can also post their own blog about their ideals and have people comment on their blogs and share them with others, also if you like someone's blog, you can subscribes to their blog via rss feeds.
I find that Technorati's strengths would have to be that it seperates the blogs by categories. It makes it easier to find the subject that you are trying to search and it even shows you the most popular blog in the category. I did find it frustrating that when i went to type in a keyword in the search bar for example: cats. I did not get any blogs releveant to cats even when I posted the word, cats, with the search strings: cats, pets+cats. All it did was show me blogs were the word cat or pets was in the blog.
Technorati searches a variety of different websites, but doesn't show what database it is taken from. For example if I typed in cats, and got a blog about the history of cats, it didn't display that the blog was found on Google or Yahoo, it just takes me to the website were the blog was found. Technorati does however have it own directory.
As of case sensitivity issue and stop words, Technorati shows no signs of it. The advanced search allows you to search through the blogs, videos, or photos. It also will give you the option of just exploring the entire post or just the tags, with additon choosing the authority type and the different languages. Techonarti also offers a support pages, were you can type a phrase, or look at the frequently asked questions and find your troubleshooting solutions there. I like that it does let you upload videos and photos related to your blog.
Technorati is a search engine for blogs, it has houses about 112.5 million blogs, and about 250 million social media. It has categories which make it easier to search the website i.e. politics, religions, music, business, etc. I find that Technorati is useful to find out what other people are "blogging" about in different subject matters. Although, blogs are not usually credible, and are biased material, nonetheless, it gives a person good insight and opinions about different subjects. People can also post their own blog about their ideals and have people comment on their blogs and share them with others, also if you like someone's blog, you can subscribes to their blog via rss feeds.
I find that Technorati's strengths would have to be that it seperates the blogs by categories. It makes it easier to find the subject that you are trying to search and it even shows you the most popular blog in the category. I did find it frustrating that when i went to type in a keyword in the search bar for example: cats. I did not get any blogs releveant to cats even when I posted the word, cats, with the search strings: cats, pets+cats. All it did was show me blogs were the word cat or pets was in the blog.
Technorati searches a variety of different websites, but doesn't show what database it is taken from. For example if I typed in cats, and got a blog about the history of cats, it didn't display that the blog was found on Google or Yahoo, it just takes me to the website were the blog was found. Technorati does however have it own directory.
As of case sensitivity issue and stop words, Technorati shows no signs of it. The advanced search allows you to search through the blogs, videos, or photos. It also will give you the option of just exploring the entire post or just the tags, with additon choosing the authority type and the different languages. Techonarti also offers a support pages, were you can type a phrase, or look at the frequently asked questions and find your troubleshooting solutions there. I like that it does let you upload videos and photos related to your blog.
Monday, October 5, 2009
RJA #7c: Field Research Plan
I am going to do collect data from universities study body profiles. I will use College Board and the Princeton Review to find information that Universities publish annually of their schools admissions rate, the ethnic groups that make up the school, and the female vs. male ratio. I am doing a statistics research assignment so I will use the information that I gather in my English project to supplement my mathematics project. I was also looking into looking at surveys done in the past that have been published online or in articles about the enrollment rate of minorities in universities, and if they were selected based on the emphasis of affirmative action.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
RJA #7b: Internet Research Tool Test
My assigned search engine was Technorati
Resource searched : affirmative action.
Keywords used : affirmative action, colleges/universities, diversity, race, merit, financial aid, admissions, selection.
Date of search : 10/4/09
Number of hits :ranked 1,391
Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5) :630
Resource searched : affirmative action.
Keywords used : affirmative action, colleges/universities, diversity, race, merit, financial aid, admissions, selection.
Date of search : 10/4/09
Number of hits :ranked 1,391
Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5) :630
RJA #7a: Internet Research Tools
The Internet search engines that I most frequently use are: Google, and Yahoo. I use Google just because I find it easy, convenient, and just was is most popular in search engines.Yahoo, is something that I use once in awhile to check the latest news around the world, and I have an email account that I use daily, this is why I will use Yahoo some of the time to research topics, or just for pleasure. what I find frustrating about Google, is that amount of advertisements they show along with their results. A lot of the times the keywords that I type into the google browser will give me some obscure information that I did not ask for, which makes it annoying to have to scroll throughout the pages, because I like getting my results fast and concise.
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