... age of 18 while only 8% is older than 65 years of age. Since the voting age is 18, this means that nearly a third of the African American population can not in fact vote. The census also shows that African Americans are less likely to be married despite the fact that they are still having children. Unemployment was also found to be higher among ... from single parents trying to make ends meet can lead to a lack of education which has long been proven to affect political participation. There are many issues that continually affect African Americans on a daily basis. Some of these issues ...

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... -white people became more apparent. People of differing ethnic groups wanted the chance to participate in society as equal members, with all of the same opportunities as white Americans. During World War II, African Americans were welcomed to serve as soldiers but segregation was apparent. They fought in segregated units of the military, were only allowed at the lowest ranks of the Navy ... , Native American, and Hispanic soldiers came back to a home that did not grant them full rights, the Civil Rights Movement was born. African Americans became even more disappointed in the system when ...

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... in America deal with many factors of discrimination. Minorities are often paid less than White Americans for equivalent work, and are often held back from promotion in the employment field. There is also a higher level of unemployment for minorities than there is for white Americans (i.e.: with African Americans and white Americans unemployment rates are 10% and 4%, respectively.) There are many factors to this problem. ... One factor is based on language barriers and preconceptions of different ethnic groups. Mexican Americans for example represent 30% of the labor field, and only 13% ...

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... policy of awarding extra points to members of a "preferred" ethnic group. Not all minorities are "preferred", for example, "Michigan [only awards extra admission points to] Hispanics, African Americans and Native Americans." I believe that if the idea of affirmative action is going to take place at all, then all minorities should be included not just the largest minorities. Actually, the ... . "Race and ethnicity are not fixed but extremely fluid" categories. As Will explains, African Americans include descendants of African slaves, recent voluntary immigrants from Africa - and from the ...

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... advantage of for years. However, it is also argued that Affirmative Action, a push to eliminate discrimination, ultimately discriminates itself. Euro-Americans are ultimately the victims of Affirmative Action when less qualified minorities are supposedly taking up space that the privileged white male should have ... equal claims in America's universities. There is no question of whether or not minorities should be benefiting from Affirmative Action. For decades African-Americans and females have been receiving what seems to be the leftovers from what privileged white American males have ...

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... women achieve equal rights, as with the rest of the population. In this case, the minorities are being discussed, or to be less broad, the African Americans. "I have a dream today." This is a famous quote by one of histories most famous and influential civil rights activists of all time, Dr. Martin ... Luther King Jr. Being a civil rights activist, Dr. King wanted nothing more than for his people, the African Americans, to have equality. In the effort to gain equality, there were four steps he took. The first step was the collection of facts. In ... 's plan was negotiation. To make that ...

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Martin Luther King once told Americans of his dream that one day the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners would sit down together at the ... diversity among the campuses. 38% of high school graduates are African American and only 14% are amongst the college students. Affirmative Action was made up in order to make up for the discrimination against African Americans in earlier times. Back in those times it was necessary because African Americans were not equal at all. They had always had a lower ... education; therefore African Americans needed affirmative action to even...

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... says that they have, "nearly," abolished the requirement for colleges to give an advantage in admissions to African Americans. This is unlawful and unfair due to the Powell Decision of 1978 outlawing school's use of racial profiling (" ... , they are also putting anyone of the Asian, or Caucasian race at a disadvantage. Not only does Affirmative Action increase the likelihood of African Americans being accepted to college, it dramatically decreases the likelihood of races such as Asians being accepted ("Stereotypes and Their Affect on Asians"). Due ... grades, universities are now taki...

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The debate over affirmative action has plagued American politics for some time. Affirmative action policies favoring African-Americans and Hispanics are justified in a few ways: they could be remedial, they could aim at achieving " ... without simply giving away rewards to people who have not earned them. Special treatment will undoubtedly develop dependency. By lowering the standards for African-Americans and Hispanics, affirmative action programs cast minorities as inferior. No matter how competent or hard working they may be, others will view their ... has institutionalized racism and sexi...

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... amendment guarantees to all citizens equal protection under the law. After the law was put into place African Americans still faced the struggles of segregation and discrimination. Many famous African American activists fought to end this horrid period of inequality by standing up for their rights and forming ... as The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. It was obvious that the 14th amendment did not bring equality nor stop African Americans from being discriminated against for jobs and getting into colleges. The United States Congress acted on this in 1964 by pa...

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... time however there is chaos surrounding the admissions of minority students to colleges. The problems" cause and solution is Affirmative Action. The young African American man agrees with everything that Affirmative Action provides and stands for. He Views it as a protector and guardian against inequality and fairness ... from the U.S Department of Education, found that despite the greater numbers of minority students in college, blacks and Hispanics were behind whites and Asian Americans in graduation rates. It also found a gap between genders among blacks. From 1999 to 2000, college att...

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... be considered in the work place is that, according to the Washington Post, out of 1700 people surveyed randomly, 92% of women, and 84% of African Americans agreed that race and gender shouldn't be an issue when being hired for a job. People in general would rather earn their job than have it handed ... average of those white and Asian students who were accepted into college. Students are many times accepted despite their scores, yet the college dropout rate for African Americans is 50% higher than that of the white race. Failing college will in no way help any child and this proves that ...

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... threatens equal opportunity and in turn, American principles? The act supporting affirmative action was amended in 1965 by President Johnson as a method of indemnifying discrimination that had plauged the African American people for centuries. The policy intended to regulate college admission and employers in order to give minorities the same opportunities as the Caucasian and Asian population, avoiding any further ... labeled racist, and the elusive and capricious implemation of Affirmative Action policies. (Lynch) Its not only the Caucasian and Asian minorities that are in uproar over...

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... I originally read it. The article you authored, Ag Funds, troubled me on several levels. The article, in my opinion, highlighted the issue of structured racism that still bears down on African Americans, American women, and Hispanics in this country today. Major corporations such as Coca-Cola, Albertsons and Wal-Mart have faced class action lawsuits due to this particular type of racism ... delayed the inevitable. The inevitable being self-integration of corporate America and/or affirmative action imposed by the US government to facilitate integration. If Steve Ripley was in a perfect w...

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... discrimination, within the microcosm of sport, will forever be a reality. The fight against racism goes back into the years past slavery. According to Sage, " despite pervasive and systematic discrimination against African Americans, they have played a continuing and significant role in every are of American history" (p.275). Today, in this multi-cultural society there are many minority groups feeling the squeeze of being ... such generalizations. According to Sage, " those sports closely linked to upper-class patronage and with less spectator interest, and thus less economic impact, ha...

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... cops and he dropped the T.V. on the cop's foot, so he got six years for that. On the other hand Derek killed 2 people and only goes 3 years. 9. Derek realized that African Americans were treated unfairly by the legal system after hearing Lamont's story. I think after hearing Lamont's story he basically realized that he got a cake walk and Lamont got the shaft, because ... in prison the person who came there to support him was Mr. Sweeney. His opinion was changed drastically. He was probably 11. Derek is socialized into believing certain things about African Americans from his father. In...

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... important tool to provide individuals with equal access to educational and professional opportunities they would otherwise have been denied despite their strong qualification. These policies make certain that all Americans are considered fairly and equally for jobs and educational opportunities." Affirmative action hopes to remedy past discriminatory practices, fight present-day prejudice, and strives to promote diversity in ... of well-qualified and worthy people from mainstream America. Although it may have been portrayed as institution of exclusion, it actually aims to do the opposit...

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... work experience. They both have great recommendations and great credentials. According to affirmative action, however, the person of African American origin is automatically better qualified, in an attempt to "integrate" the work place of higher employment positions. So, in essence, the person ... of African American heritage is receiving the job only because he is a different race. Now, in the early 1970's this policy was invented ... else's expense. One specific group of people that do not support the policy is, surprising to most, the Asian-American society. Many Asian Americans, sp...

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... 't be done. One night a bunch of me and my friends are just parting together and I ask one of them who is African-American, what does he likes to be called? I say to him, " do you prefer to be called black, or African American? " He responds to my question by saying, "Kacey, just call me Foster man." It was such a simple response it ... , caught be off guard. He simply wanted to be called by his name. He didn't want to be called African-American. He didn't want to be called black. He didn't want to be categorized as anything different than an American. He simply wanted to be referred to a...

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Civil Rights: Are We Free The Struggle for 3quality for Americans of African descent continues descent the Significant advantages made during the 1950s and 1960s. The question arises as to whether the struggle for Civil Rights has actually benefited the descendants of the ... considers life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for blacks, we must first begin with our nation history and the enslavement of African blacks. Black Americans are often filled with rage when conjuring up visions of slavery in America. Most white Americans, however, are apathetic concerning slavery. They did not ow...

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... to have a golden mean in life in general. This theory should definitely be applied to this controversial issue. Another affirmative action issue I do not agree with is the fact that African- Americans with slave ancestors should receive some type of money. For one thing, they were not slaves, so why they should get money for something that they never experienced. I can understand ... not justify the means. If anything, they should give money to the actual slaves themselves. Since that is not possible, then I feel that they should not give money to all African- Americans. I can offer an ...

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... important tool to provide individuals with equal access to educational and professional opportunities they would otherwise have been denied despite their strong qualification. These policies make certain that all Americans are considered fairly and equally for jobs and educational opportunities." Affirmative action hopes to remedy past discriminatory practices, fight present-day prejudice, and strives to promote diversity in ... of well-qualified and worthy people from mainstream America. Although it may have been portrayed as institution of exclusion, it actually aims to do the opposit...

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... initiatives designed to help eliminate past and present discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, is under attack. • Originally, civil rights programs were enacted to help African Americans become full citizens of the United States. The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution made slavery illegal; the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees equal protection under the law; the Fifteenth Amendment forbids racial ... contracts ... as is enjoyed by white citizens ... " • In 1896, the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson upheld a "separate, but equal" doc...

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... , despite constitutional amendments and various legislative initiatives ensuring equal treatment for all citizens, widespread "institutional" racism continued to act as a reinforcement of social disparities along racial lines. As a result, minorities - African Americans in particular - have exclusively benefited from policies and programs aimed at narrowing this social gap between minorities and majorities. The policy of affirmative action in college admissions, and its relation ... affirmative action is unfair to White students by arguing that different treatment is appropriate treatmen...

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... affirmative action for past discriminations. Minorities also view affirmative action as trying to enable minorities and women. This poll also showed that forty-six percent of African Americans opposed it, while two out of three women feel the same way. Affirmative action enables minorities, and makes them think that they don't have to work as hard. I think that ... it is actually degrading for minorities and women. Affirmative action helped during the 1970's for the African American community and for women. Now affirmative action can be considered counterproductive because of the view t...

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