Affirmative Action

" Originally its intent was to allow the opportunity to gain employment. The

origin of Affirmative Action by Margureta Sykes and become full citizens of the United States. This has allowed an expansion of black men to achieve "middle class social status." Often good intentions passing into law to benefit the "total" America are misinterpreted by intelligent law makers and manipulated to award personal gain and find ways to dodge the laws, especially the laws that affect their financial future.

Many decades ago it was very evident that black people had a difficult time landing jobs. This is a very important aspect of the labor market disadvantage suffered by the black community considering the unemployment rate for blacks was twice as high as the unemployment rate for whites. Government was unable to ignore the issues any longer without a great penalty. Compassion to help the underprivileged also attributed to government making the first step to take action. President John F. Kennedy issued Executive Order 10925, which established the Presidents Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity (Stephen Cahn). The mission or tasking of this committee was to end discri



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	Affirmative Action Affirmative Action. Taking a stance on affirmative action, or even trying to accurately define it is similar to declaring a religion. ... (6643

	Affirmative Action Affirmative Action. Affirmative ... institutions. One socially oppressed group that has been helped by Affirmative Action programs is women. ... (8954

	Affirmative Action Affirmative Action. ... Clearly some affirmative action was in play, for some better qualified white students were not accepted by that school. ... (4562

	Affirmative Action Affirmative Action. ... 34. Contrary to Johnsons intentions for equality, however, affirmative action brews animosity toward minorities. ... (11675

	Affirmative Action Affirmative Action. Discrimination is ... Horrible past. A commission to enforce affirmative action was not put into order until years later. ... (8874

A very strong statement was made in another country about affirmative action in that "wealth- creations purpose will not be saved best by

forcing whites to wait for blacks to catch up."(African News Service Johannesberg) Logically this would retard the wealth creation process of business. Whites must be allowed to continue to create wealth as quickly as they can without impeding the freedom of blacks to participate in the process themselves. This is not a statement of disregarding the ranks of the disadvantaged. This is placing stronger emphasis on what is defined as disadvantages. The color of skin does not appear to be a factor for education or labor force for many hears now and policies under EEOC make stipulations to the diverse hiring process. There is further argument that de-industrialization has impoverished inner cities and has led to resegregation of the country. The white race began establishing residency in the suburbs, which in turn has taken tax dollars away from the city, affecting the inner city school systems.

For more than 20 years, the most comprehensive statutes on civil rights ever enacted in the U.S., banning discrimination in employment, voting, public accommodations, public education and all federally assisted programs. This was Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This amendment was the guidance that American leaders needed to change the policies under which schools, business and local state and federal government adopted a new era and developed new strategies in which "business" was conducted.

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