Individuals should be treated equally. I feel affirmative action, as an assurance that the best qualified person will receive the job.

Is affirmative action fair? In 1974, a woman named Rose was turned down for a supervisory job in favor of a male. She was told that she was the most qualified person, but the position was going to be filled by a man, because he had a family to support. Five years before that, when Rose was about to fill an entry-level position in banking, a personnel officer outlined the woman's pa

rate among African Americans in the same age group. We have a lot of problems with basic education here and if you don't have basic education, you have no chance of getting a good job because competition is increasing for everyone. We must make sure that we educate our potential work force, including minorities, or our competitive edge, if we have one, will continue to decline in global markets. Many jobs today are in the technician and technologist area. "Jobs require more than a high-school diploma, but less than a four-year degree--such as an associate degree or certificate from a vocational or trade school" (Kovatch, 1996). As more and more women faced discrimination in large

"Affirmative action was designed to give qualified minorities a chance to compete on equal footing with Whites" (Chappell, 1995). Equal opportunities for the blacks, for the most part, have remained more wishful thinking than fact. Black students are continuing to struggle to seek an education, black business owners are still competing against their White

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