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Affirmative action refers to policies that take factors including "race, color, religion, sex or national origin" into consideration in order to benefit an underrepresented group, usually as a means to counter the effects of a history of discrimination. The focus of such policies ranges from employment and education to public contracting and health programs. “Affirmative action” is action taken to increase the representation of women and minorities in areas of employment, education, and business from which they have been historically excluded. The term "affirmative action" originated in the United States, and first appeared in President John F. Kennedy's Executive Order 10925. The term was used to refer to measures to achieve non-discrimination. In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson issued Executive Order 11246 which required federal contractors to take "affirmative action" to hire without regard to race, religion and national origin. In 1968, gender was added to the anti-discrimination list. Matching procedures in other countries are also known as reservation in India, positive discrimination in the United Kingdom and employment equity in Canada. History‹ The below () is being considered for deletion. See to help reach a consensus.› The examples and perspective in this section deal primarily with the United States and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please improve this article and discuss the issue on the talk page. (May 2010)From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License What myths about affirmative action do you believe? Q. Myth 1: The only way to create a color-blind society is to adopt color-blind policies. Although this statement sounds intuitively plausible, the reality is that color-blind policies often put racial minorities at a disadvantage. For instance, all else being equal, color-blind seniority systems tend to protect White workers against job layoffs, because senior employees are usually White because of historical discrimination. Likewise, color-blind college admissions favor White students because of their earlier educational advantages. Unless preexisting inequities are corrected or otherwise taken into account, color-blind policies do not correct racial injustice -- they reinforce it. Myth 2: Affirmative action has not succeeded in… [cont.] Asked by Jordan Mardan - Wed Aug 19 01:47:44 2009 - - 8 Answers - 1 Comments A. Regarding Myth 1: ---"senior employees are usually White because of historical discrimination." --- I doubt there are the same senior employees as there were 30 years ago, if they're even alive. Many men/women of all races rise the ranks due to hard work and determination (black men/women included). ---"color-blind college admissions favor White students because of their earlier educational advantages" --- This is positively absurd. Public school has made it where all kids can go to school starting at a very young age (kindergarten) and if schooling is bad in that region, it hurts all races and genders, not just one or two particular groups. And things such as AP classes and IB classes in some areas can be achieved by any and all races… [cont.] Answered by Hayley M - Thu Aug 20 00:46:33 2009 How to answer this question about affirmative action during a firefighter interview? Q. I have an interview for a firefighter position. What is the best way to answer this question during the interview: What are your thoughts and opinions on affirmative action? Are you for or against affirmative action? Asked by xstalkrx - Fri Feb 1 13:33:24 2008 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments A. I would say affirmative action, although created for a good reason, has been a failure. Affirmative action breeds racism instead of correcting it. Affirmative action has become a racist act against honest, hard working white men between the ages of 18 and 65. The most qualified candidate for a job should get the job regardless of their race or gender. Answered by Keith - Fri Feb 1 14:16:54 2008 Why do cons complain about affirmative action for minorities?
Q. While ignoring affirmative action for white guys, such as "legacy" admits to top universities? George W. Bush was the ultimate beneficiary of affirmative action. And can anyone genuinely say that Sarah Palin got where she is on the basis of merit? Asked by Josh - Wed Jun 23 10:33:46 2010 - - 14 Answers - 0 Comments A. Why do libs no longer live by the priniciple that people should be judged by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin? Answered by Mark - Wed Jun 23 10:45:17 2010 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Affirmative action"  psnews.com.au Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:10:21 GMT+00:00 to be reviewed PS News The Canadian Government has ordered a review of its affirmative action policies following a white woman's complaint she was discouraged from applying for a ... Feds order review of public service affirmative action policy Canadian HR Reporter  online.wsj.com Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:05:29 GMT+00:00 Wall Street Journal And the more they have grown, the less they have actually helped African-Americans, the intended beneficiaries of affirmative action as it was originally ...  prospect.org Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:26:51 GMT+00:00 Tapped (blog) Beyond that, there's another benefit: for all the good it does, there's no question that race-based affirmative action has drawbacks as well. ... From Google News Search: "Affirmative action"  csupomona.edu 405px x 601px | 55.50kB [source page] Present African Americans are still continuing to see the day where their civil rights will be fully met however great achievements are being made as the years go on  speakright.typepad.com 319px x 340px | 24.10kB [source page] that they needed another black person for a quota Someone say that it s not racist That s what is so ignorant about those liberals that call you a racist if you don t like Nobama  wku.edu 400px x 504px | 115.70kB [source page] Jesse Please Rev Al Don t make me slap you Colin Condi Clarence As if they d want to speak for Black folk A big part of this is that there is no single Black concern so there is no single Black voice but we should have a single Black concern From Yahoo Image Search: "Affirmative action"  althefishinmb.blogspot.com Al the fish Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:50:00 GM What this meant was that . affirmative action. was applied at the end of the hiring process, and not at the beginning. You could not and would not be screened out at the application filing stage for being a white woman, as was the case for ...  militantlibertarian.org Militant Libertarian hu, 22 Jul 2010 02:26:41 GM Americans have been fairly consistent in their views of . affirmative action. they oppose it. In the most recent Rasmussen Reports survey on the issue, by 46-32%, Americans express opposition to, rather than support for, affirmative ...  bridgeportroundup.blogspot.com Bridgeport Roundup Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:08:00 GM In addition, Strong . Affirmative Action. creates a new Hierarchy of the Oppressed: Blacks get primary preferential treatment, women second, Native Americans third, Hispanics fourth, Handicapped fifth, and Asians sixth and so on until ... From Google Blog Search: "Affirmative action" |
