Category: Affirmative Action

Exploring the Layers of Affirmative Action: Necessity and Controversy Unpacking Affirmative Action: Goals and Foundations Affirmative action policies attempt to dismantle the informal cultural norms and systems of group-based disadvantage and the inequalities historically resulting from them and attempt to promote an ideal of inclusive community, as in ideals of democracy, integration, and pluralism (multiculturalism),…

Affirmative Action: An Ongoing Debate on Discrimination and Equality According to Coretta Scott King, “To abandon affirmative action is to say there is nothing more to be done about discrimination.” Affirmative action is an active effort to improve the employment or educational opportunities of members of minority groups and women. It was put into place…