The argument for affirmative action is pretty simple; people just want a fair chance at obtaining jobs they are qualified for and the chance of going to a school because of their academic abilities. Affirmative action programs were put in place to break down walls within schools, businesses, and organizations and implement opportunities for people that were normally over looked because of race and sexual discrimination. Historical affirmative action cases have proven that there was a huge separation between people because of race and sex. Statistics have also shown that ignoring the problem of discrimination only leads to bigger social problems. The affirmative action programs also wanted compensatory justice, and this is something else that people agreed with. People feel that they did not live their lives to the fullest extend because so many rights, and things were taken away from them and members of their families, so they wanted to be compensated for it. We have to be careful that we do not reverse discrimination to others because of their gender, nationality, or family status, while pushing the point of affirmative action. If a person has never been discriminated against, then it would be hard for them to really understand why affirmative action is so important. History cannot right the wrongs of the past, people just …show more content…
One of the case law examples stated that an “Hispanic firm submitting a higher bid, and in accordance with a government program gives 5 percent of all highway construction projects to disadvantaged firms” Kubasek, N. K., Brennan, B. A., Browne, M. N., 2017). So others fighting for the same contract bid, could raise the flag and claim injustice on behalf of their companies. We do not need any new laws in place; we just need to enforce the ones we already