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Debate: Affirmative action
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| '''Affirmative action helps compensate groups for past wrongs such as institutional racism and level the playing field:''' If past wrongs have a legacy that live on today in the form of continued disadvantages, affirmative action helps alter those obstacles and correct past wrongs. Because disadvantages often perpetuate themselves in a vicious cycle, affirmative action helps give the disadvantaged traction to fight off their disadvantages and end the cyclical legacy of past wrongs. Once the playing field is leveled, than the need for affirmative action no longer exists. | '''Affirmative action helps compensate groups for past wrongs such as institutional racism and level the playing field:''' If past wrongs have a legacy that live on today in the form of continued disadvantages, affirmative action helps alter those obstacles and correct past wrongs. Because disadvantages often perpetuate themselves in a vicious cycle, affirmative action helps give the disadvantaged traction to fight off their disadvantages and end the cyclical legacy of past wrongs. Once the playing field is leveled, than the need for affirmative action no longer exists. | ||
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| + | '''Affirmative action is the only way to level the playing field now:''' | ||
| *Past historical discrimination severely limited access to educational opportunities and job experiences.[1] | *Past historical discrimination severely limited access to educational opportunities and job experiences.[1] | ||
| *Ostensible measures of "merit" may well be biased toward the same groups who are already empowered.[2] | *Ostensible measures of "merit" may well be biased toward the same groups who are already empowered.[2] | ||
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Is Affirmative Action education legislation in the United States a good idea? |
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Compensation: Is affirmative action justified as compensation for past wrongs to a group? | |
YesAffirmative action helps compensate groups for past wrongs such as institutional racism and level the playing field: If past wrongs have a legacy that live on today in the form of continued disadvantages, affirmative action helps alter those obstacles and correct past wrongs. Because disadvantages often perpetuate themselves in a vicious cycle, affirmative action helps give the disadvantaged traction to fight off their disadvantages and end the cyclical legacy of past wrongs. Once the playing field is leveled, than the need for affirmative action no longer exists. Affirmative action is the only way to level the playing field now:
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NoMany groups that have been victims of institutional racism are actually harmed by affirmative action instead of compensated: Asian Americans are an example of this, where they have been victims of institutional racism, but whom are harmed by affirmative action since it benefits largely black and Hispanic populations. Thus, how can compensation for past injustices be a justification, when this rule is applied arbitrarily. |
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