... me. So far in my life, I have never felt such benefits. I can gladly say that I never witnessed anyone in my high school being judged or criticized on their race or ethnicity, and so being one of the majority, I never felt I had the upper hand against the minority. Having yet not applied for a professional job, I have not experienced the privilege of getting ... a job over someone else simply because of their race, gender, or ethnicity, which statistics state I probably would. I am in fact very happy that I have never yet been able to experience such "privileges" granted to people like ...

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... that employers look for today. Affirmative action is a step backwards. We are back to color and race differences. We are all Americans and should be treated as so, not what ethnicity we are. Affirmative action should be abolished solely because we do not want to make the same mistake our society made in the past --- discriminate according to color. Two wrongs ... student body with a majority of Asians. An Asian student coming out of high school with a 4.0 GPA, and a list of extra curricular activities would not be accepted simply because of his ethnicity. Instead the school would rather...

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... is all they want, nothing more nothing less. Affirmative action does nothing to make people equal to one another but actually makes others considered to be more valuable based on ethnicity and gender. Instead it takes away opportunities and gives them to less deserving people. Instead of affirmative action a new concept needs to be designed. A concept that focuses on making education ... pros. Americas needs to develop a new way in achieving equality rather through ways that use wrongs to correct wrongs. A new form of inequality has taken root in America; one that ethnicity can affect b...

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... . Therefore I have come up with the following solution: when you apply to a university, you shouldn't have to mark a box with your ethnicity on it. Then after you get accepted to the university you can send back a card that tells your ethnicity. Therefore the colleges can still have the numbers for their information and surveys. With that solution everyone will have an equal ... ...

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Response to Part A In my opinion affirmative action is not necessary in the workplace anymore. The idea of hiring and firing people in regard to race, gender, or ethnicity is obsolete. In today's society the most qualified people get the jobs in most situations because people are looking to have the most qualified person to run their business. People ... line is that owners of businesses and those in high ranking positions are going to hire the most qualified person to do the job without regard to race, gender, or ethnicity. Response to Part B I agree that the 40 year old U.S. policy of trad...

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... not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail." We must take the same approach and level the playing field for all Americans, no matter their race or ethnicity. The problem has been identified; Affirmative Action is a form of reverse discrimination, this time the white man is being discriminated. It is now time for the doctor to prescribe a remedy ... a job, students will be accepted into college not on the basis of their race, but their skills and academic success. People will no longer be judged by their color or ethnicity, and as Martin Luther King said, "they will not be judged...

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... . Culture can increase discrimination based on race or other diversities. Overcoming discrimination and racism is important because it can affect an individual's life negatively. People judge others depending on their ethnicity, and gender among others. Many people have been discriminated in foreign lands due to their race. For instance, in the United States black people might be treated different by the ... ...

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There are many problems with affirmative action. It was flawed from the beginning. The biggest problem with it is reverse discrimination. What sense does it make to take favoritism over one group or another? Does it really solve anything? I've always thought the best person should be picked, whether it is for a job, college admission or anything else. Why should a company hire someone who is not going to be as profitable as someone with higher skills? It makes no sense to tell someone, or a company, that they have to hire to meet a quota for a minority. Again, you get into reverse discriminati...

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... that promote the interests of both lower and middle class Americans that deliver benefits to minorities and whites on the basis of their economic status, and not their race or ethnicity, will do more to reduce minority poverty than the current, narrowly based, poorly supported policies that single out minority groups. However, if this, or another remedy is not taken sometime ... ...

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... race. Athletes, musicians, children of alumni, and veterans are all given preferential treatment for enrollment, and for valid reasons too. Then, is it fair to enroll people based on their ethnicity? Well, it depends on how much people value diversification in the classroom. Diversification is a value I appreciate in a school. I would love to have more diverse classrooms here at school. From the ... ...

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... the minority students. No where does it show if the students are poor, if they come from a broken home, or if they are being accepted for other things besides their ethnicity. There are definitely a larger percentage of poor minorities than there are poor Caucasians, so they are minorities. But maybe to make the right judgment of whether or not accepting minorities ... ...

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... two key decisions handed down last summer" (Schmidt). The Initiative 200, a 1998 ballot measure that states that state agencies can't discriminate or grant preferential treatment "based on race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in public employment, education, and contracting" (Schmidt). So by stating that they can not use a point system, but rather using race as a factor that is not mathematically ... ...

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... ago, Martin Luther King, Jr. had a dream. He had a dream of equal rights for everyone. He did not say that some should have more rights than others because of the ethnicity into which they were born. He did not say that all are created equal but some are created more equal than others (Animal Farm, anyone?) Colorado Governor Bill Owens got ... ...

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... been passed that "prohibits the state of California and local governments from discriminating against or granting preferential treatment to any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in public employment, public education or public contracting (San Jose Mercury News)." Affirmative action was implemented for important reasons. "Broadly defined, affirmative action refers to efforts to ... ...

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... from the state of California. The prop stated, "The state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting"(www.cadap.org). Once the prop passed it was taken all the way to the supreme ... ...

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