... about race. Years ago women were not allowed to vote, smoke cigarettes, have a job, or anything that seemed manly. Now, because of affirmative action, gender plays a huge part in careers. If a man and woman were going for the same position and the man was more qualified for the position, the woman ... would receive the job to fill the gender quota. Would you prefer a 120 pound female fire fighter trying to carry a 200 pound man out of a burning building, or a male? There again ... evaluated in the same manner, then the assessment is fair. So affirmative action is unfair because it takes...

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... 35). Supporters also believe that affirmative action provides equal opportunity for blacks and women in an effective manner. I am arguing against affirmative action because it is a racial and gender quota system, prejudicial of whites, and unfair repayment for past oppression. Affirmative action has infiltrated our society and in some way influences everyone. Supporters of affirmative action say that ... discrimination, women and members of minority groups should be given preferential treatment in getting jobs (Rosenberg 2). At the same time, 81 percent agreed that jobs should be determi...

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... admissions tests discriminate against Latinos and Blacks ("Black Issues in Higher Education" n.pag.). The complaint, which was also filed by the group Fair Test, charges that Black & Hispanic students are at a disadvantage when taking the college admissions test, both because of the tests" cultural bias and the students" inability to pay for preparation courses that can cost more than $800 (" ... black Issues in Higher Education" n.pag.). Lt. Gov. Frank Brogan called the racial disparity of college admissions test scores troubling, but said he still believes in using the scores ("Black Is...

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... is using the emotional force of the idea of slavery and explosive race relations in the wake of British emancipation to represent the tensions of the gender hierarchy in England'. Furthermore, she uses race to criticise positions of power in the novel. She describes Lady Ingram as 'inflated and darkened ... is likened to a 'clothed hyena', 'almost equally her husband' in height and 'corpulent' in girth, indicating a move away from the gender inequality present at the time. Here is a woman who does not look like the conventional Victorian stereotype of a wife, who does...

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... was born with the birth defect Cerebral Palsy. Her grades were also outstanding. She boasted a 3.8 grade point average and a high Law School Aptitude Test score. The only thing going against Cheryl Hopwood was that she was white. She was denied admission. Four minorities, including one black and three Mexican ... not fair. The University of California Berkley School of Law admitted every black with a grade point average of 3.5 and Law School Admission Test of ninety or above, but only 42% of whites with equally scores were admitted. UCLA School of Medicine accepted twenty-seven blacks w...

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... men of this sample, and there was no mobility among the white men and the women. All of the spouses were asked their original social class in an attempt to test Merton's theory of reciprocal compensation, which states that black men will marry white women in a lower social class because they believe they will have a greater social status if they are ... Marriage: The Social Structural Context."" Journal of Marriage and the Family 52: 209-218. There is a dramatic difference in the rates on interracial marriages on the basis of region and gender. The rates tend to be higher in the west an...

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• Grade Level: High School

... take her happiness into consideration. "I love my daughter, and I don't want her to go to hell." P.145 Sara taunted her Indian father with choice of partner in both race and gender by loving Tracy, a white woman. Sid tried to convince the outsider, Low Man, that lesbian marriage was wrong. But he took the side of his friend, Tracy and her lover ... at the three women: Estelle, Sara, and Tracy; two strangers and his unrequited love; two Indians and one white." P.141 If love can exist between two people of the same gender and conflicting cultures, there is no reason why it shouldn't exist...

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• Grade Level: High School