is affirmative action a remedy for discrimination or not?

Question

i looking for cons especially.

Answer 1

it will make people feel better and maybe have them sto feeling so mistreated and feel safe that people can't discrimnate

but many will feel that things should be based on individual abilties not on race, gender, religion, sexual orientation

Answer 2

Very good question, and I say this because Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, a black man (just in case you forgot), in his biography "Clarence Thomas: A Biography", written by Andrew Peyton Thomas, Encounter Books, 2001, speaks harshly AGAINST affirmative action as a crippling program, even though he admits that it was his use of Affirmative Action that got him the education that put him where he is today. He repeatedly addresses the pros (pp. 142 and 275), the criticism of (pp. 165, 173-174, 184-185, 267-268), as a stigma (pp. 2, 142-143, 178, 285-286, 295, 346, 347, 535), opposition to (pp. 259, 275-276, 277-278, 337), and on and on. I can tell you from having read that book, and being a huge fan of Justice Thomas, that although he took advantage of the program, he sees that as a demeaning "dole" program that takes away the self-initiative that students need to get their education for the most part. And I can tell you, having followed Justice Thomas's career for a while, that the only way Justice Thomas survived the damage that program does is because of the very strict upbringing by his mother (I believe but can't recall specifcally) and the Catholic Church back in those days. The book is very well written and well worth reading, both for the question you have on Affirmative Action, but also because Justice Thomas is a very well-bred man with an excellent education and personal moral strength, and strength of character, and that assessment comes from me among many, and I have slowly developed a "red-neck" as I live in the rural parts of east Texas, in the "back woods" nowadays. You're question is an excellent one, and I appreciate answering the more intelligent ones such as yours. God Bless you.

Answer 3

Unfortunately, because there is still ignorance especially with those who have power, affirmative action has become more of a necessary evil than a remedy for discrimination. It has hurt as much as it has helped. Originally established to ensure that all people were eligible for the opportunities that are readily available to upper and middle class whites. Now it's become a cry of "foul" whenever a white person gets looked over. All of the sudden minorities get blamed for getting jobs, despite the fact that the minority is just as qualified if not moreso; immigrants get blamed for getting jobs, regardless to the fact that these jobs are the ones that the average American would reject. Don't get it twisted, we are not 'handed' these opportunities, we still have to go through the same processes and criteriors required. And people need to get their minds around for what it was originally intended (ethnic minorities, women, people with disabilities and veterans.)

Answer 4

Affirmative Action as a tool against race discrimination is ineffective now, if it ever was useful. It just gives other cultures a way to degrade the progress made by others (they're only a Rhodes scholar because of AA, that sort of thing). And blacks esp. would be better without it- if the "dominant" culture refused blacks entry into businesses, etc, blacks would simply work harder to create their own. Blacks had many successfully businesses, cities, schools etc, they just kept getting "mysteriously" burned down to the ground. If the dominant culture got rid of AA and promised to stop burning down what blacks built up, over time it would have created a much stronger culture. AA did for blacks what the reservations did for Native Americans- diminished pride and forced those who overcame their circumstances through hard work into a life time of "reverse racism"

Answer 5

What many white people fail to realize is that minorities have to work 10 times as hard as they do to get to the same place. Affirmative action recognizes the people who have worked hard to bring themselves up, even though because of racism and discrimination, they might not have done as well as some white people. I hate how people say that affirmative action just allows minorities to be lazy or not work as hard, and its just not true. For example if a Mexican-American student is trying to get into a college and they have F's they still aren't going to get in. People who complain affirmative action is racist, well then maybe you've gotten a tiny taste of what it feels like to be a minority in this country

Answer 6

There was discrimination before AA. Blatant discrimination! Now...here comes affirmative action.

Nothing changed. It's still here. Not so in your face like back in the day. They just do a better job hiding it.

Also, affirmative action isn't just for blacks either.

Answer 7

It makes a lot less knowledgeable human beings get extra useful jobs, which makes them experience extra useful, yet in turn places them in a job that they do no longer comprehend the thanks to do. So then you have the guy lower than him, like a co-worker, who has to cover for him and do his interest for him. After a lengthy time period the guy who won't be able to do his interest does it so badly that he ruins the workplace. So what occurs? He receives PROMOTED again to get him out of the workplace! unexpectedly he's responsible of an finished section and f@cking up a better and better stages and ruining organizations. This got here about everywhere in the rustic, from places of artwork to fireside departments and could be shown in a good number of circumstances.

Answer 8

No, its reverse discrimination and only guarntees the government a future part in making things worse! People stand on thier individual merit, no one can be proud or feel truly happy with thier position if it wasn't fairly earned and kept. affirmative action is the governments way of telling minorities your just not good enough so we'll handicap you! How insulting for both sides! What idiot comes up with these assinine solutions? Or is it a conspiracy?

Answer 9

Nope

It tells the youth that because they are black, they don't have to work as hard and do as well. So then a lot of the time they don't, which leads to them not advancing or losing the job that they got when they really weren't the best qualified. It really doesn't help.

The other side is in college. You will find the drop out rate is very high for blacks, mostly because some got in when they really weren't qualified and they have a tough time keeping up.

If you really want to be equal, everyone needs to start acting equal. If you act like you need help, no one is going to really think you are.

Answer 10

It seems to be causing a lot of anger these days, so it might actually be fueling racism in people who didn't think that way before. It is definitely NOT a remedy.

Answer 11

Affirmative action is descrimination and infact encourages racism