Essay Archive - Affirmative Action: Opportunities of Character, Not Color
Affirmative Action: Opportunities of Character, Not Color
Created in the 1960's, affirmative action programs attempted to
undo past racial discrimination by giving preference to blacks and other
minorities. The idea behind these programs was to help minorities gain the
representation in the job market that paralleled their percentage of the
population (Finley 1). Unfortunately, affirmative action has mutated into
a thirty-year-old policy that places many underqualified minorities in
positions over more qualified non-minoriti....
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