Affirmative action is a policy that encourages the increased representation of members of a minority group. In the U.S. these policies are often enacted by employers and educational institutions in education or employment.
@ISIDEWITH12yrs12Y
@ISIDEWITH12yrs12Y
No, and minority groups should not receive any favorable treatment
@Brandonnoe84Libertarian 9mos9MO
Instead the money should go to the poorer communities to help develop opportunities to grow in community development, creating much greater future financial capabilities rather than just grow in immediate finances.
@JonBSimConstitution2yrs2Y
We will never reach racial equality if we have laws like this.
The solution to past discrimination is not present discrimination.
@9F8P35C9mos9MO
At the end of the day everybody is a human and no reason for minorities to be treated harshly just for exsisting.
@ISIDEWITH12yrs12Y
Yes
@9FD3HHW9mos9MO
Right now minority groups don't receive equal treatment even though everyone is equal. That means we have to do something about it.
@9F8P35C9mos9MO
Treating everyone the same should not be a challenge, the background of people's childhood should not define how you treat them, instead it should be based off the person they are now.
@Brandonnoe84Libertarian 9mos9MO
I don't believe forcing payment to others would go well, if it is just given then nothing is learned.
@ISIDEWITH12yrs12Y
@ISIDEWITH12yrs12Y
Yes, and drastically increase the current amount of programs
@9F7WSZZ9mos9MO
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It is unfair for those who actually work their entire life for a position in their dream college but someone who has an exotic ethnicity might have a higher acceptance rate.
@9F6RJQN 9mos9MO
Affirmative Action judges the value of people based on the color of their skin. No person, no matter their race, should be given an advantage or disadvantage just because of their ethnicity.
@9F7STBH 9mos9MO
Not only has affirmative action been found to hold no true benefit to any communities but Affirmative Action is actually harmfull and unequal to many communities.
@9FBGTHY 9mos9MO
People in our country who are discriminated against deserve to be protected even at the expense of the most privileged in our society. Equity is the only way to ensure everyone has the chance to live a life of dignity.
Affirmative action, while created with good intentions, can sometimes inadvertently foster resentment or a sense of entitlement. For instance, consider a scenario where a well-deserving candidate is passed over for a job or college admission because of an affirmative action quota. This could lead to resentment from the individual who was passed over and a potential devaluation of the achievement of the person who received the opportunity. Instead, wouldn't it be more equitable to address the root causes of these inequalities, such as improving access to quality education and resources for all, irrespective of their background? This way, we are leveling the playing field, not tipping the scales.
How might we ensure that everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed, without potentially creating more divides in the process?
@9FBNY979mos9MO
Affirmative action helps students get exposed to people they may not have had previous experience communicating with
@9FB72ZK9mos9MO
since minority groups don't have the ecological opportunities as the majority, because of other causes. We should wait until eventually they do.
@9FNCL2Z8mos8MO
Affirmative Action judges the value of people based on the color of their skin. No person, no matter their race, should be given an advantage or disadvantage just because of their ethnicity.
@4SNSSB24yrs4Y
I believe that America needs to start recognizing that there are no minorities anymore. We are all Americans. End of story. If you are in America it is because you are or want to be an American. We are all people and we are all Americans. The color of one's skin, one's gender, one's sexual preference, or one's religion should not make us different enough to cause such a segregated society. We don't have separate facilities, but we are certainly segregated to this day, and it's pathetic.
No, the Democrats purposely designed affirmative action to produce failure and increase racism. If blacks had followed Malcolm X instead of MLK they would not have remained in the permanent underclass the Democrats created for them
@52KP5BX4yrs4Y
No, "the first step to stopping racism is to stop talking about it"~Morgan Freeman
@5NBYT864yrs4Y
Not when it interferes with the best qualified person through testing, etc. Do we go into a black or Hispanic business and demand that they fire their black or Hispanic workers and replace them with whites.? Fair play?
@4S6DMZW4yrs4Y
No. The soft bigotry of lowered expectations does not help minority groups.
@4SNNPBZ4yrs4Y
Regardless, we should create more social programs to address poverty, and also increase the acceptance of different races, forget the "minority" everyone needs to be treated equal, it's not "black lives matter" it's not "minority lives matter" It's every god damn life matters.
@HistoriaR3yrs3Y
"social programs to address poverty"
An oversimplified counter to that would be
-- Stimulating the economy by providing more long lasting careers for families.
The answer isn't programs for poverty the answer is pro (in-house) America.
Building stability for generations.
@4YVS4VM4yrs4Y
affirmative action is a failure. Tax payers have spent TRILLIONS of dollars in trying to pull minority groups out of poverty. At the Great Society, poverty levels were at 14% and today, poverty levels for blacks is still about 14%. Blacks need to take responsibility for their families and children as well as be denied any welfare dollars if providers test positive or refuses to take available jobs in service industries.
@4VSN9L54yrs4Y
Yes, in a perfect world No.. but increase education spending to make ALL Schools funding the same, from Beverly Hills to Southside of Chicago to small town Iowa.. Same opportunity for all
@4YVNDZW4yrs4Y
There should be no special treatment for anyone because there should be NO discrimination for any one person no matter their race, gender, financial background, or sexual orientation. Everyone is equal.
@4RDKTGG4yrs4Y
Only if "white" is added to the list of minority groups. Affirmative Action should be reflected in the census statistics of the area and not in national figures.
@53WNPXH4yrs4Y
Yes, but rather than basing these programs on race, they should focus on race-neutral factors that lead to poverty (e.g., parents are poor, children of single parents, etc.).
@59424RD4yrs4Y
No- our education is way too expensive and far too ineffectual. Ranked 35th in the world? The most powerful country has a worse education system than some third-world countries.
@4RL4HM34yrs4Y
Yes, but switch affirmative action programs to be geared towards socioeconomic status rather than race.
@59599YF4yrs4Y
What you should do is create a program that will teach these guys a skill so he or she will have a career of some sort. Prior to the affirmative action has its corks. I maintain the government is set up to hold back minorities; especially blacks and hispanics. That's not right, they're human too. I say you should give him or her a fare shake regardless of the color of his or her face. What you see is what you get.
@56VSRHV4yrs4Y
I think it would help society if we stop talking about minorities. Many are minorities with no "affirmative action" to help them. Families with disabled kids or elderly parents they have to care for often go without and no one steps up to help them (programs are a joke) everyone should be put on an equal playing ground. Apply for jobs, schooling etc., and everyone have equal chance. Don't give a healthy able bodied adult special preference because of race. It's not fair to others.
@58R7HS34yrs4Y
Who are the real minorities?...That needs to be defined. What are the minorities doing to help themselves in a positive manner, i.e., not looting and rioting. Fund families in need!...Don't fund "breeding for money". Spend money on resurrecting the "family unit" in inner cities...it's demise is destroying them.
@53WLHMT4yrs4Y
Address poverty through education. Completely restructure public education with an emphasis on getting the poor complete choice.
@4YXRJ7N4yrs4Y
Ancestors of slaves should be given a one-off compensatory reparation.
We have to be careful that affirmative action does not turn into discrimination against others. If someone resides in a predominant hispanic area, for instance, and most employees are hispanic and gain promotions, then we need to see if blacks, whites, Asians, etc. are suffering from discrimination. So, I think it need to be carefully examined.
@4R6K6WD4yrs4Y
No, enough with special treatment based on racism that does not exist. No exceptions.
@4R6HV754yrs4Y
I believe government enforced affirmative action programs should be abolished, but private organizations can give preferential treatment at will
@4R6FJKV4yrs4Y
AA programs need to be more nuanced; a minority kid who has grown up in an upper middle class home with professional parents should not be seen or helped as "disadvantaged" over a poor white kid from a poor neighborhood or with drug addicted parents, for example.
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