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Debate: Affirmative action
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View (previous 100) (next 100) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).- Argument: Affirmative action does more harm than good to minorities
- Argument: Affirmative action is only way to level playing field
- Position:Countries supporting affirmative action
- Argument: Laws should be "race-blind" to counter discrimination
- Argument: Affirmative action contradicts the notion of meritocracy
- Position:Clarence Thomas, US Supreme Court Justice, advocates "color-blind" policies
- Argument: Affirmative action wrongly takes from one group to give to another
- Argument: Affirmative action justly compensates groups for past wrongs
- Argument: Affirmative Action shouldn't neutralize unfair advantages by race, but by wealth
- Position:Ward Connerly of the American Civil Rights Institute opposes affirmative action
- Argument: Affirmative Action uses a definition of "diversity" that is too narrow
- Argument: Affirm action justly asks whites to sacrifice for common good
- Argument: Affirmative action makes race only a small "plus" for candidates
- Argument: Whites should not be punished for actions of ancestors
- Argument: Schools have right to improve diversity in ways of their choosing
- Argument: Greater ethnic representation at all social levels is beneficial
- Argument: Affirm action mismatches bad students with difficult classes
- Argument: Going to top universities is more important than good grades
- Argument: Affirm action counters systemic exclusion, allows best to rise
- Argument: Affirmative action damages ethos of more qualified non-minorities
- Argument: Minority schools disprove perceived value of diversity
- Argument: Diverse schools receive poor ratings from students
- Argument: Affirm action wrongly considers race over econ/edu factors
- Argument: Affirmative action only deprives whites of unearned opportunities
- Argument: Affirmative action helps create diverse learning environment
- Position:California has been trending away from Affirmative Action since the early 1990s
- Position:The Urban League supports Affirmative Action
- Argument: Predominantly black schools offer fewer AP classes
- Resolved: Universities should use affirmative action to encourage minority enrollment
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