Affirmative Action Is The Current Method For Combating...

Affirmative action is the current method for combatting the systematic racism and general bigotry that has long plagued American society. It is a source of much debate, both from the legal and moral perspectives. When it comes to higher education, it has been the subject of serval Supreme court decisions and many philosophical papers. Affirmative action’s stance makes a statement about how American society intends to handle its problems of bigotry; if it wants to ignore them, or if it wants to choose to face them, and recognize that previsions must be made to rectify the past, and those issues that haunt it in the present. It is an undeniable fact that racism still prevails. The full extent to which race impacts one’s lifestyle is undefinable; it effects where people live, what jobs they have, what schools they go to. Today, just under fifty percent of Hispanic and Black students attend high-poverty schools. At such schools, the resources available to the student bod y are quite limited; henceforth, there is less test prep, less push towards attending institutions of higher education, and less emphasis on education within the school environment and in local culture at large. Affirmative action aims to compensate for the aforementioned downfalls of belonging to a minority group by giving a small push to such students. Since it is easy to prove that currently poverty-stricken minorities have yet to break the cycle of poverty, this system is aimed at allowing that cycle toShow MoreRelatedThe Racism Of Black Men By Martin Luther King Jr.1720 Words   |  7 Pagesaffect by the racism that is seemingly still embedded within our culture like a repugnant weed that has yet to be pulled from its roots? Although race relations have improved throughout the United States in the past 50 years, institutionalized racism is still prevalent in many black lives in various magnitudes. This can be attributed to the United States being founded upon said systematic discrimination and exploitation (Harris and Lieberman). If the United States continues on its current path, oneRead MoreRacism and Ethnic Discrimination44667 Words   |  179 PagesRACISM AND ETHNIC DISCRIMINATION IN NICARAGUA Myrna Cunningham Kain With the collaboration of: Ariel Jacobson, Sofà ­a Manzanares, Eileen Mairena, Eilen Gà ³mez, Jefferson Sinclair Bush November 2006 Centro para la Autonomà ­a y Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indà ­genas Center for Indigenous Peoples’ Autonomy and Development Racism and Ethnic Discrimination in Nicaragua November 2006 Contents 1. 2. Introduction Structure of the study 2.1 Scope and methodology 4 7 7 3. RacismRead MoreSchool Leadership Roles And Responsibilities10143 Words   |  41 PagesBohlin establish that schools must build a community of virtue. The community of virtue is intertwined within the curricula, parent engagement, and the nurturing of character by the classroom teacher or leader. Their work also includes many guides to action strategies and pitfalls to avoid in the educating of character development in young people. Ryan and Bohlin (1999) provide some fundamental groundwork in character education with sample programs from Tigner, an overview of virtues from Stenson, andRead MoreOne Significant Change That Has Occurred in the World Between 1900 and 2005. Explain the Impact This Change Has Made on Our Lives and Why It Is an Important Change.163893 Words   |  656 Pages Movement made possible the appearance of every hominid species since then, including our own some 150,000 years ago, and the spread of Homo sapiens from our African cradle to every major area of the planet since 50,000 b.p.. These migratory currents have connected all the continents since 1500 C.E., helping create the political, social, and ethnic landscapes of the world today. Premodern societies were far from static.1 But we cannot project this fact into a history of mobility that is one