What is affirmative action and how does it work?
Affirmative action is a policy in which an individual’s color, race, sex, religion or national origin are taken into account to increase opportunities provided to an “under-represented” part of society.
What affirmative action isn’t: it’s not based on achievement, effort or intellectual abilities. It’s based on the color of one’s skin or gender. It’s based on quotas. In America, since Affirmative Action became law, it has discriminated against Caucasians, Asians, Jewish people and others who perform higher on SATs and other standardized tests.
It furthers racism at the national, state and local levels. Instead of a nation where a person’s hard work and excellence carry him or her into college or jobs, Affirmative Action places people of color or gender into colleges and/or jobs above other, more qualified persons.
At this moment, the Supreme Court faces a test as to the validity of Affirmative Action continuing in America. If America is to reward individuals on their hard work, intelligence and merits, Affirmative Action must be abolished. This is America where our U.S. Const ...
