Friday, October 21, 2011

Affirmative Action

What is Affirmative Action?

Affirmative Action is when you are required to have a minimum number of minorities and women in a work place, or university campus. It includes steps that are taken to increase the representation of women and minorities such as: Hispanics, African Americans, Latin Americans, Chinese, and more.

What are the current debates against AA?

Currently, Affirmative Action has become an issue in the United States. On npr, a segment of the radio show was dedicated to debating about Affirmative Action. A debate between six people. Three of them for AA, and the other three against AA. Arguments such as, the lack of diversity on university campus's, students and workers need to be exposed to diverse ethnicities were given by those that were against the motion of banning Affirmative Action. Those for the motion gave arguments like, AA is no longer about racial discriminations, it is currently about racial preferences.

Where is it implemented?

At the University of Michigan, they have already taken steps to banning Affirmative Action on the school campus. Washington and California are not far behind and are taking similar steps to banning AA.

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