Affirmative Action: Racism or Not?

Affirmative Action is a government program designed to redress historic injustices against specific groups by making special efforts to provide members with access to educational and employment opportunities. Affirmative action (in the past) was created because of the Jim Crow laws and the segregation against colored people in the 1950s. The purpose of this , is to establish a workforce that is diverse and promote qualified minorities, and give them an opportunity to succeed in life.

Afirmative action began as riot control. Harlem was in flames. Newark was up in flames. And if we don't do something to bring up black people in the mainstream, in economically and educationally, were not sure if society will hold together. The words affirmative actions were attempts to deal with discrimination african american faced in the labor market. President Kennedy and President Johnson created executive order 10925

The contractor will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, creed, color, or national origin. The contractor will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed , and that employees are treated during employment , without regard to their race , creed, color, or national origin.

Which meant they were going to try to recruit people who were once discriminated against. After the assassination of dr.king, there were riots in 60 american cities simultaneously. The leaders of this society, said this country can't hold itself together because the blacks were rioting and burning the cities, because they felt excluded. We have to bring them into our workplace. We gotta bring them to educational facilities. We got to bring them into our society without any restrictions against their life. This was an effective response to urban unrest. Hundreds of thousands or people were hired, and thousands of colored students started enrolling into colleges. This wasn't done out of a sudden burst of conscious, but was done out of fear, that the society was falling apart. When time passed , fear passed as well. Recently, although our society has gotten more diverse and better in terms of racial oppression, some still see a problem. affirmative action is affecting people either in a positive way, or negative way. Harvard, has recently been accused of discriminating against Asian Americans. Google has recently been discriminating against Asians. Based on the Logic of the political leftist, it is actually racist to implement affirmative action.

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