Monday, June 9, 2008

Affirmative Action.

What is it for? What is its goal? Why did we need it in the first place?

Is it for people, like descendents of African slaves who historically were oppressed. Is it also for other groups like, women, who were discriminated against and denied opportunities.

Or is it just to keep things "diverse."

Let's say a university has X amount of slots for minority students. We know this is illegal now but just play along. Who is more deserving of a slot? The student whose great great grandparents were slaves in Georgia? Or the student who is an immigrant from China. Or does it not matter as long is the student is a "minority"

I hate that word, minority, by the way.

1 comments:

Aunt Jackie said...

as explained to me by someone whom i admire greatly, Affirmative Action was created to insure that the white (male) population stays in the majority, thus ensuring that "others" stay in the minority pile.

just a thought.