... part are brought up in poor neighborhoods and therefore their education is not as good as most of the white people whose income level is higher and subsequently have better schools. Well if that is a reason for affirmative action why not make it to where all children, regardless of race, who are in the poorer communities reap the benefits of affirmative ... it is giving equal opportunity with equal results. Some newer ideas favor of the 10 Percent Plan. The 10 Percent Plan provides the top ten percent of students in poor schools the opportunity to go to many different colleges. This act...

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... , where other kids are playing sports. Such distraction can affect the children's motivation to learn, and therefore cause them to fall behind in school. Safety is also a major concern in schools in America. East St. Louis is described as the most distressed city in America by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (7). It frequently experiences problems such as uncollected trash, chemical ... a single-parent household. Therefore, they do not receive the care and nourishment that they need in order to feel confident about themselves. It would seem that school is the only altern...

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... all federally assisted programs. This was Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This amendment was the guidance that American leaders needed to change the policies under which schools, business and local state and federal government adopted a new era and developed new strategies in which "business" was conducted. In 1972 the Equal Employment Opportunity Act was implemented. Hiring and ... to use a quota system. This ruling still provided a good opportunity to attract a diverse student body, but many minorities were not making the acceptable SAT score to enroll in the finer schools ...

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... replace affirmative action, because as long as affirmative action is in effect there will always be racial tension. Such an alternative would be "the strengthening of the "intermediate' institutions, such as community associations, schools, media, and independent social agencies, which provide the organizational foundation for collective development and effective public representation." In essence, if the same amount of capital was extended to ... ...

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... the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth amendment. I will also support Justice Stevens, Justice Stewart, and Justice Rehnquist's opinion using Blackstone's argument of reverse discrimination. Then, I will explain what alternative method government can use to prevent using affirmative action. Finally, I will express my own opinion on how to fulfill the statute without the use of race-based affirmative action admissions ... from people. Reverse discrimination "might appear to have the effect of getting more persons who have been disadvantaged by past inequities into the mainstream q...

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... college admission officer, race can still play a factor in deciding who gets accepted, although this racial judging is not as common as it was fifty years ago. Source D points out, "Schools and universities provided many of America's desegregation battlegrounds. And gaining entry to America's elite universities is difficult; the perception, right or wrong, that race can in some circumstances trump merit ... the reverse discrimination that can be present in college admission decisions. (Source H) Replacing affirmative action boosts with rewards that give hard-working minority students a ...

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... , personality plays a major role and more formal criteria hold sway. Increasingly, "credentials like degrees and diplomas are expected to have someone's name considered (Hacker 129)." Employers should choose the better alternative of inaugurating programs to qualify more minorities for employment at higher level and, at the same time "require employers to hire only on the basis of such qualifications and not ... for the material at the University (Enrollment)." The final result of Affirmative Action is that "many Blacks and Hispanics are not as prepared academically as average white stud...

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