Affirmative Action Should Be Abolished

The term affirmative action encompasses a range of measures aimed at

compensating for past discrimination by increasing the chances that minorities or

women will be chosen for jobs, promotions, admissions, or contracts. The 1964

Civil Rights Act prohibits workplace discrimination on the bases of race, color,

religion, sex, or national origin. That law also states it should not be interpreted to

require any employer to grant preferential treatment to any individual or to any

group. Mishkind (1996, p108) States that "the only form of discrimination left is

the kind that operates against white males. There, in the name of redressing

ancient wrongs, white males are routinely shoved aside to make room for less

qualified women and minorities." All forms of discrimination must stop. By

abolishing affirmative action the majority of discrimination will be gone.

The original affirmative action document was developed in 1963 by a young

black lawyer named Hobart Taylor Jr., and two future Supreme Court Justices,

earlier. An African-American, Williams was the only minority member

discrimination laws and a shift in social attitudes, not affirmative action.

government's corporate welfare policy, which, by supporting the

invariably joined to a principled instance that affirmative action,

Achieving diversity by excluding highly qualified Chinese and Japanese

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