Category: Affirmative Action

Affirmative action is legally required and needed in order to assure the diversity of student bodies, workforces, and organizations. It also helps insure that selection procedures and decisions are fair. However as noted previously, poorly constructed affirmative action programs can cause real harm and AAPs have been put into negative light recently by suspicion of…

Introduction to Affirmative Action and Its Purpose Imagine growing up as a child with the mindset that you want to become a successful engineer. You study hard, get into college, and graduated at the top of your class. Suddenly, you are gifted the opportunity of a lifetime when a top-tier company has a vacant position…

Affirmative Action has various positive impacts on an individual basis. For instance, Evan Apfelbaum of MIT and other professionals in the field would state there is a direct link between an employees representation of their minority group in the workplace. They say groups that are characterized more in a workplace or school environment tend to…

Abstract Using research references written by Dawn D. Bennett-Alexander, Laura P. Hartman, Raina Kelley, Brian Lilley and Jonathan Stempel, I examined the results of their findings in relation to my project. Based on their information, I determined affirmative action is still an instrumental tool in balancing the work force in the United States. There are…

Introduction Affirmative action and employment at will are topics of legitimate concern, especially for employers and employees. Previously, but more imperatively, managers and companies should be mindful of the legal ramifications that may happen if they neglect to properly understand the importance of discrimination in the workplace. Albeit union affiliations, Congress did not have a…

Introduction and background Affirmative Action (referred to as ‘AA’ for later) is an executive order issued by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 to ‘take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin’ (Birnbaum 17). While few challenge…

Overview: My research question was originally on hate crimes and domestic American policies combating it. However, after my literature review, I decided to narrow it. Specifically, I decided to focus on federal American government policies rather than examining regions or states. Moreover, I aimed to address educational government policies that target racial groups and their…

Rodriguez’s Controversial Stance on Affirmative Action Personal Achievement Beyond Affirmative Action Affirmative action is a type of policy created to help minorities who were once discriminated against by providing them with the opportunity to get better employment or education. Rodriguez doesn’t support affirmative action because he’s an example of a minority who was able to…

Affirmative Action in Modern America: A Critical Examination The Historical Roots of Affirmative Action Affirmative action is an important, controversial topic in modern American history. This system is defined as a means to even the playing field for minorities in both education and employment. This is an issue that dates back to the beginning of…

Affirmative Action: Pursuit of Equality or Catalyst for Stigmatization? The Historical Evolution of Affirmative Action Policies Affirmative action is a set of policies enforced in which a person who would typically suffer from discrimination would have increased opportunities to enter education and jobs. The beginning of Affirmative action was started by President Lyndon Johnson in…