Employment discrimination & issues of affirmative action in employment

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According to the definition given by Webster 's New World Dictionary affirmative action is the concept which corrects the effects of discrimination in the education or employment of people of certain minority groups . Affirmative action is really meant to abolish all kinds of discrimination in education and employment places so that people belonging to all race , ethnicities and groups experience equal and impartial opportunities and consideration in their educational

institutions and employment places . Affirmative action was designed to give qualified minorities a chance to compete on equal footing with Whites (Chappell , 1995 ) Affirmative action is really meant to establish equality even though it later (upon implementation ) resulted into more discrimination . Certain places where affirmative action was implemented it brought about serious favoritism towards certain groups while establishing equal opportunities

Historical background of `affirmative action

An Executive 11246 was issued by President Lyndon B . Johnson asking all the federal contractors to implement affirmative action to raise the number of employees they recruit from the minority group President also formed the Office or Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP ) which did a good research on Affirmative action to locate its exact meaning and intention . This required employers with government contracts a category that includes most major corporations as well as many small businesses , banks and other financial institutions and colleges and universities - to have affirmative-action programs

Debate points

Does affirmative action is really helpful in ending the discrimination in work places ? Does it contribute for equal opportunity in work place or does it produced only reverse discrimination

Thesis statement

The interest groups who are the minorities insist affirmative action is needed to reduce employment discrimination . They provide factual data which shows current circumstance of employment discrimination . On the other hand , the opponents to affirmative actions contend this principle cause reverse discrimination

The negatively privileged minority in United States are quite happy with the implementation of affirmative action as they are over privileged in the education and employment fields because of the affirmative action Let us assume these supporters of affirmative action as Group A . Group A is constituted by the black minorities (African Americans and other minority black groups . Women also come under this group . There is another group , Group B with a different opinion . They are of the opinion that even though affirmative action is really meant to establish equality it later (upon implementation ) resulted into more discrimination . Certain places where affirmative action was implemented it brought about serious favoritism towards certain groups while establishing equal opportunities . Group B is constituted by the majority whites , politicians and other groups who are not satisfied with the implementation of affirmative action

Group A is happy with the outcome of affirmative action as it helped them to attain a better hold in employment and educational arenas . They would never have achieved this if there had been nothing likes affirmative action . According to Group A Affirmative...