Should the federal government eliminate affirmative action?
Affirmative action is a term that initiates many debates in the United States. Citizens tend to be divided in views with respect to this issue. Many feel that racial and gender discriminations (among others) still exist and pose grave problems within the labor market. Others, however, believe that as America begins the new millennium, racial prejudice and other forms of discrimination are less salient within the occupational structure and therefore affirmative action is no longer necessary. Due to the theory advanced by William Wilson, I believe that the federal government should restructure affirmative action so that it is no longer applicable to the work force, however, areas such as universities and other institutions of that caliber should still be held to the policy of affirmative action. The theoretical framework advanced by Wilson in "The Declining Significance of Race" is that as America moved from the pre-industrial to the post industrial and now the modern era, minorities (specifically African Americans) are becoming more polarized, which brings with it a very thick stratification of social classes with
Racial prejudice may no longer be prevalent within America's occupational structure however racism and other forms of discrimination still exist in different area of our society which is why affirmative action still need to be enforced. As Wilson points, out could argue "that the firm white resistance to public school desegregation, residential integration, and black control of central cities all indicate the unyielding importance of race in America (Wilson 153). Those that are from a low income social class may understand the perplexity of the situation and attempt to do resolve this issue by studying hard in school to further educate themselves, however, due to various prejudices that still exist they may not be admitted into various schools or universities. This would them prevent them from entering the section in the labor market that would allow for the betterment of their social class standings. This is why affirmative action can not be completely eradicated but rather it should be reshaped and redistributed in various areas of American society. in the black community. This community changed from nearly all bl
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