1)bring about equal opportunities for minorities
2)encourage more people to vote in elections
3) make the tax laws fairer
or
4)reduce the Federal budget deficit
2007-06-05 15:49:09 · 6 answers · asked by Krystal 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Wow, you REALLY haven't been doing your homework, have you?
It was put in place to create a more level playing field so that minorities, which might have otherwise been discriminated against, would have the opportunity to go to college and get good jobs.
2007-06-05 15:57:57 · answer #1 · answered by Meg M 5 · 0⤊ 5⤋
To compensate for the advantages that white males traditionally enjoyed in college admissions, and employment opportunities, and give women and minorities equal opportunities.
However once barriers for women were removed in college admissions, preferences for white males were re-instituted because white male enrollment rates declined. They could not successfully compete with women based on merit and most schools want to keep equal numbers of men and women. Today affirmative action is used to maintain racial and gender balance in colleges.
2007-06-05 18:32:26 · answer #2 · answered by meg 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Disadvantaging straight White males is the main purpose of it.
2007-06-05 17:13:17 · answer #3 · answered by cernunnicnos 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
bring about equal opportunities for minorities
2016-06-07 12:27:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
5) To reaffirm that everyone except the white male gets preferential treatment in the workplace.
2007-06-05 16:09:24 · answer #5 · answered by nottwoshort 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
enslave blacks to the democrat party on the liberal plantation
2007-06-05 15:56:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋