reverse affirmative action?

Question

it seems that affirmative action, in some respects, has gone far above and beyond its initial intentions, and now is having a reverse effect on the people that put it into action in the first place. what do you think?

Answer 1

I'm tired of being discriminated against! I'm a middle class white guy so I get turned down by the top universities because of the color of my skin so they can make room for equally, or sometimes even less, qualified applicants than myself. Maybe I'm wrong...but that sounds like textbook racism to me. Why should I be punished because I'm white? I had no control over my ancestors, I would never enslave anyone! Why do I have to suffer now for the mistakes of the past?

Answer 2

If you're suggesting that some individuals who benefit from affirmative action seem to broadcast a feeling of entitlement based solely on the color of thier skin, aside and apart from ability, merit, or morality, then, yeah, I see that happening.

The whole issue is a difficult one to balance. But I've always believed that the only way to squash discrimination and racism is for the oppressed to come up in spite of and against those pressures working against them-- to prove that they aren't working at all. It's the only way to invalidate them, and empower others through example.

It's all very easy for me to say, though, and it certainly doesn't offer the kind of headstart the affirmative action was instituted for.

Answer 3

no.

if you give a specific instance, we can talk about it.

"reverse effect on the people that put it into action"
wtf?

if your going to argue the plight of the White Male is the injustice of the century...........

you'll have to do much much better than that.



Regarding Universities.......i answered a similar question.

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Listen the only fair thing to do is a lottery.

Especially in a University Setting....

Think of every 4.0 student with the exact same background and activies.....instinguishable from one another...

Where is the fairness in picking between exactly the same people. except with a lottery.

this argument applies to non 4.0's as well the 3.9s to the .01's
that is why other factors count......or else you agree that the lottery system is fairest.



Your argument about points is valid and is taken into account, there are poor people of all races......great.

And that is why income is always included in points, in any decent Unversity anyways.
just like the rich have their points in Life.


But the problem is the goal was alway to compensate 300 years of exclusion from commerical and educational competition.

it is an issue that is not resolved in one generation...which if you figure 64 as year one... and a genration as every 30 years....then you have barely begun to achieve the objective. "

Answer 4

Coming from a chick, I think you have a lot of crust asking a question critical of Affirmative Action.

Answer 5

YES.... abolish it!
Affirmative action is a burden to all.
* put a cloud over minority workers who have advanced because of their innate ability.
* reduce incentives of both groups to perform at their best -- the preferred because they don’t have to, the non-preferred because extra effort seems futile.
* increase incentives to hire illegal immigrants who cannot sue for alleged EEOC violations.
* force employers to spend billions on compliance instead of productive investments, thereby reducing employment opportunities for all groups.

I personally think that affirmative action has had a negative affect on my life and others.