HNRS 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Regents Of The Univ. Of Cal. V. Bakke, Executive Order 10925, Asian Americans
27 Sep 2016
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The only way to create a color-blind society is to adopt color-blind policies. Affirmative action has not succeeded in increasing female and minority representation. Affirmative action may have been necessary 30 years ago, but the playing field is fairly level today. The public doesn"t support affirmative action anymore. A large percentage of white workers will lose out if affirmative action is continued. If jewish people and asian americans can rapidly advance economically, african. Americans should be able to do the same. Affirmative action tends to undermine the self-esteem of women and racial minorities. Affirmative action is nothing more than an attempt at social engineering by liberal. Support for affirmative action means support for preferential selection procedures that favor unqualified candidates over qualified candidates history of affirmative action. In 1961, jfk signed executive order 10925. Lbj expanded on the order to include women and signed the civil rights act into law. Nixon created goals and time frames around legislation landmark case.
