Affirmative Action Policy

The Perils of Affirmative Action

I Introduction

In the very beginning of this nation 's history , Americans were under the power of England 's monarchy . The Americans were able to overthrow the shackles of bondage and created a Constitution that declares its steadfast belief in the ideals of freedom , equality and the pursuit of happiness . But immediately after the Declaration of Independence and even after the Constitution was signed and accepted by leaders of the new government , not every American citizen is treated fairly . And a good example would be the

Negroes and other minorities such as Asians and more so their women

Affirmative action has been praised and pilloried as the answer to racial inequality . First introduced by President Kennedy in 1961 Affirmative action ' was designed as a method of reducing the discrimination that had remained despite the civil rights laws and constitutional guarantees . It was a method that was put in place as a Temporary Measure to Level the Playing Field ' through the offering of the same opportunities to all Americans

While the Affirmative Action ' plan was intended to have good effects , it resulted in exposing the flaws in the system as Reverse Racism ' began to emerge and the Bakke ' case came about where a white male was rejected two years in a row in favor of admitting other minorities through a quota system . This Reverse Racism ' and other flaws led to a mounting anger against Affirmative Action ' and soon it became a Zero Sum Game as jobs...