I completely disagree with that statement that
affirmative action created reverse racism. Affirmative action was a policy meant
to give African Americans and minorities greater employment and higher
education opportunities by establishing quotas. This in turn did not cause reverse
racism, but exacerbated racism itself. Due to affirmative action, African
Americans and minorities’ qualifications have been diminished; all of their success
has been attributed to their race. For instance, if an African American man
were to get accepted into Harvard a person may say he only got accepted because
he was black. Affirmative action allow for society to think lowly of minorities
and to carry false notions of minorities altogether. In regards to reverse
racism, it has always existed and was not created by affirmative action. Ever
since white people began discriminating against black people, the opposite is
true. That is, reverse racism, or black people discriminating against white
people. In conclusion, reverse racism was not created by affirmative action, but affirmative action
did help to promote regular racism and promote negative portrayals of
minorities, especially African Americans.
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