Sunday, July 19, 2015

Blog Post #3


Affirmative Action creates reverse racism.

 

I do not agree that affirmative action will lead to reverse racism. The purpose of affirmative action is to create equal opportunities for the groups that get discriminated against such as minorities, women, LGBT community, and religious groups. Affirmative action does not really address the source of discrimination, instead it serves only to act as a tiny Band-Aid for a large fatal wound. Affirmative action does not, cannot, and will not stop people’s racist beliefs. Although affirmative action attempts to create a level playing field in work places, most employers will only tend to hire minorities or other individuals to fill a quota in order to pretend that they are not racist/sexist/etc. They would often put their “token minority” on public display as to proof that they are not discriminating against anyone. This has its flaws because I believe that affirmative action is just a made up attempt to atone for the sins of our country’s racist past, and a double standard that threatens every citizen’s liberties. It is all just one big attempt to end discrimination with more discrimination.

 

 

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