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Affirmative Action - Is it Fair???


Affirmative action in theory and in thought is intended to promote the welfare of this country?s minorities by supporting the idea that individuals are equal and should not be judged by race or sex. Therefore, in situations like job and university applications, we should consider minorities to be as feasible a choice for hire as a white male candidate, taking into consideration their background. In short, it tries to give minorities that have been at a disadvantage their whole life, an advantage they have never been open too All things considered, this does not happen. Instead, ?quotas? are established and the discrimination that was once placed on the minorities now turns the other way. Let?s make up a hypothetical situation. You are sending in your first college application to Harvard. There is only one spot left open between you and someone who is black. You have slightly better grades, both of you excelled in sports, you have more volunteer hours, and completed 2 foreign languages where he only has one. Applying affirmative action, you would not get the last position because of the need for ethnic diversity in the college atmosphere. Is that fair??? Is that right?? You clearly had a better dossier then him.

If affirmative action is supposed to support the individual, why is it solely based on race and why doesn?t it apply to every situation based on the potential of the individual involved? What happens if in this hypothetical si... [to view the full essay now, purchase below]

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