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Affirmative Action in the United States
Title: Affirmative Action in the United States
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 992 | Pages: 4.2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Affirmative Action in the United States
Affirmative Action in the United States
The writer Mary Anne Warren is focusing on describing the current practices in many organizations today in regards to the implementing a goal vs. a quota system for the purposes of affirmative action. She defines a quota as "Those who use the term "quotas" pejoratively tend to assume that the numerical standards will be set so high or enforced so rigidly that strong reverse discrimination—that is, the deliberate …showed first 75 words of 992 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 992 total…apparent injustice implied by what are typically assumed to be higher quotas has generated a backlash which threatens to undermine affirmative action entirely. If quotas are abandoned, of if they are nominally adopted but never enforced, then employers will be free to continue using secondary and even primary sexist hiring criteria, and it is probable that none of us will see the day when women enjoy job opportunities commensurate with their abilities and qualifications." (Warren, 374).
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