The benefits and drawbacks of affirmative action hiring practices on municipal police and fire departments

Fifth , affirmative action also attempts to compensate for the unintended cross-cultural biases that are inherent in some institutions and standardized tests . Sixth , since privileges are afforded to some and not others , affirmative action is a necessary counter-balance (Wikipedia Encyclopedia , 2007

If there are advantages in affirmative action hiring practices , there must also be some disadvantages . Next , this shall list and discuss also the drawbacks or disadvantages of affirmative action hiring practices in the United States . Recipients of affirmative action suffer from negative side effects also . First disadvantage or drawback is that

br there is an angry backlash that women and minorities feel from affirmative action . An angry backlash towards the recipients of affirmative action appears prominently in the work place . Affirmative action weakens the spirit of the individual by making them think the reason they got the job or grant was because someone felt sorry for them . Some women believe affirmative action will benefit them in the beginning because there is an incentive to hire women . This will do more to hinder than to help in the long run . This can cause additional tension between men and women that was not there before affirmative action . Second disadvantage or drawback , is that there is also the effect of pampering . It can make any individual lazy and unmotivated Pampering can make a person lazy and unmotivated to excel . This is exactly what affirmative action does . It makes sure that women and minorities are pampered to make up for lost time . Let us take a look at what all the pampering in the past has done for the white male . Eighty percent of blacks attending college graduate , while only 55 of white college students graduate . These numbers alone show what discrimination did to help the white male to achieve a lazy attitude of "I...