schools. They get into how the tracking system has divided the students in ways that we didn’t realize. Both the article and video shows how the students are put in this tracking system where not all students benefit in. There are some students‚ mostly minority students are put in lower level courses that is not beneficial to them or helps them reach their full potential. For a long time this tracking system has been here in many schools but yet there has not been any changes made to stop this tracking
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In President Kennedy’s effort to improve education and employment opportunities for minority member’s affirmative action was put in place. Affirmative action is the outcome of a Civil Rights movement. It purpose was to cure discrimination‚ so people could uphold higher education and more job opportunities. The Criteria is race‚ disability‚ gender‚ ethnic origin‚ and age (Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica‚ 2017). Affirmative action is an action favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination
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only existed‚ but were being filled by minorities in a commitment to cultural diversity. Directives were put into place as part of this process that not only banned discrimination‚ but also offered incentives to government contractors who employed a culturally-diverse workforce. Some of the pros of affirmative action‚ therefore‚ include increased opportunities for cultural minority groups‚ such as legislation that strongly urged employers to select minority candidates and contractors (given that
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Minority Autobiography Analysis (Book Report) Title: Honky Author: Dalton Conley Summary "Honky" is the true story of Dalton Conley‚ a white kid‚ growing up in a minority community. The story takes place beginning at the end of the 1960’s and concluding in the early 1980’s and takes us from the authors early childhood to college. Dalton Conley was white‚ with a Jewish mother and an Irish/English father. Both of Dalton’s patents were artists. His mother‚ Ellen‚ grew up in northern Pennsylvania
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Affirmative action is a policy that gives special considerations to groups that suffered from discrimination in the past. It was designed to balance the effect slavery and Jim Crow had on the African-American and other minority groups. Since its creation‚ the program has benefitted many members of the minority. However‚ the issue of whether affirmative action should be allowed or not allowed in the universities is a controversial one. While some argue that affirmative action should be allowed in
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action is a crutch that allows people unprepared for positions to be placed in these positions. No matter how a person may feel about it‚ affirmative action is defined as “the practice of improving the educational and job opportunities of members of groups that have not been treated fairly in the past because of their race‚ sex‚ etc” ("Affirmative Action‚" n.d.). Is it fair to give someone a position based entirely on their race or ethnicity? What if the person in question is
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insults others tends to worsen the overall situation for minority groups. It is oftentimes impossible or dangerous for minority members to try to respond to hate speech directed at them. People need protection from hate speech. If we care about the quality of life‚ we have to be in favor of some form of censorship of freedom of speech. Many campuses are noticing a rise in the number of incidents of hate-ridden speech directed at minorities‚ gays‚ lesbians and others in the last few decades. Campus
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priority to students who tend to suffer from discrimination. The policy was intended to give minorities equal rights in the admission process‚ however nowadays‚ it gives an unfair preference to one group of students‚ as opposed to being equal. This leads into the discussion of racial discrimination. Opponents of the law say that affirmative action gives minorities an unfair advantage over non-minorities. On the other side‚ proponents of the law say affirmative action is the way to reverse the negative
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under-representation of women‚ ethnic minorities‚ and poorer social classes. This is due to our winner-take-all philosophy that routinely denies representation to a large number of voters and doesn’t accurately reflect the views of the public. There is a debate as to whether the United States should adopt some form of group representation voting system as opposed to the current winner-take-all system. Although it would require a constitutional change and a change in the minds of American’s‚ group representation is a
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action was introduced to prioritize the inclusion of minorities in a number of aspects. Affirmative action in university admissions started in the late 1960s as an effort to jump-start racial integration. Affirmative action in college admissions decisions has certainly made an impact‚ some would argue an impact for the worst. Through numerous studies and findings‚ it has been shown that affirmative action does not increase enrollment of minority students on a large scale or
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