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Affirmative Action1
Title: Affirmative Action1
Category: Law & Government / Government & Politics
Details: Words: 910 | Pages: 3.9 (approximately 235 words/page)
Affirmative Action1
Affirmative Action: A Contradiction In Itself
Affirmative action is a term of general application referring to government
policies that directly or indirectly award jobs, admission to universities and professional
schools, and other social goods and resources to individuals on the basis of membership in
designated protected groups in order to compensate those groups for past discrimation
caused by society as a whole. For political, as well as prudential reasons reflecting racial
sensitivities, public justification of …showed first 75 words of 910 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 910 total…group can receive. Therefore,
affirmative action discriminates against majority groups and contradicts it's whole purpose.
Affirmative Action contradicts the traditional liberal principle that individuals have
rights in respect to which they are entitled to be protected equally without regard to race
or other irrelevant personal characteristics. The guarantee of these rights, where
government acts upon individuals, establishes equality of opportunity. To deny an
individual his or her rights or treat the individual differently because of
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