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This 10 page report discusses Affirmative Action, primarily from the point of view that it should be abolished. Negative arguments are presented in the first half of the paper. The second half refutes those arguments Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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opportunity" nation. The premise was that it was possible that government programs could be established that would overcome the effects of past discrimination by apportioning jobs and resources to members
groups that had been discriminated against for, literally, centuries - primarily women and members of racial minorities. The policy was implemented by federal agencies enforcing the Civil Rights Act of
1964 and two executive orders, which provided that government contractors and educational institutions receiving federal funds develop such programs. In the past decade, the controversies associated with Affirmative Action
have evolved in ways that it is unlikely that the original architects and administrators of the program could have ever been dreamed of when the program was first put in
place in late 1960s and early 1970s. There are numerous and specific moral and philosophical concerns that must be addressed regarding the program and careful consideration has to be made
as to whether or not the program should continue to be implemented. The student writing on this topic and initially presenting a set of arguments against the program and then
refuting those arguments should determine his or her own attitudes regarding the issue. It will also be important to understand that in any situation in which society must define how
racism, education, employment and opportunity are interwoven, controversy will occur. The California Precedent and Education In 1995, Ward Connerly, a member of the University of Californias Board of
Regents and an African-American, worked with the then-governor of California, Pete Wilson, to: ". . . assure the historic and progressive vote by the University of California regents to abolish
gender and race considerations in both college admissions and in hiring at the states 162,000-student university system" (Lesher A1). As a result, the University of California became the first public
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