Of Lisa H. Newton's Arguments Against Affirmative Action
Lisa H. Newton brings up an argument that is very taboo in today’s politically correct culture; is reverse discrimination a just action during the post-civil rights movement era? The answer Newton gives is no. Affirmative Action was the policy that set the precedent for reverse discrimination. While I agree with her arguments, I don’t believe she went far enough into the sort of prejudice that Affirmative Action creates.
Newton has two main arguments against the current practice; if we are going to use this practice in policy making then shouldn’t we apply all formally discriminated groups? The second argument is when does the discriminated group get even? The whole point is to even out the groups, also do we reverse the trend and make blacks and women the discriminated against. Her whole argument is essentially, when does this end? This leads to the use of the “slippery slope” logical fallacy, which does not make this article convincing to people with other beliefs. In the beginning, she brings up the “simple justice” argument that is used to justify legislation like Affirmative Action. This argument is we should favor women and blacks …show more content…
It violates the American ideal of “equal opportunity” and now white men opportunities aren’t equal. It is a destruction of justice. Affirmative Action claims that if you get applicants for a job and you receive zero qualified applicants that are black or women and don’t hire any, you are a misogynistic racist and you must meet a certain quota for the sake of equality. This is not equality, it is racism. I love this part of Newton’s article, but I believe she gets too far ahead of herself in the upcoming
Newton has two main arguments against the current practice; if we are going to use this practice in policy making then shouldn’t we apply all formally discriminated groups? The second argument is when does the discriminated group get even? The whole point is to even out the groups, also do we reverse the trend and make blacks and women the discriminated against. Her whole argument is essentially, when does this end? This leads to the use of the “slippery slope” logical fallacy, which does not make this article convincing to people with other beliefs. In the beginning, she brings up the “simple justice” argument that is used to justify legislation like Affirmative Action. This argument is we should favor women and blacks …show more content…
It violates the American ideal of “equal opportunity” and now white men opportunities aren’t equal. It is a destruction of justice. Affirmative Action claims that if you get applicants for a job and you receive zero qualified applicants that are black or women and don’t hire any, you are a misogynistic racist and you must meet a certain quota for the sake of equality. This is not equality, it is racism. I love this part of Newton’s article, but I believe she gets too far ahead of herself in the upcoming