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Affirmative Action - Minority scholarships – “Race...

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Affirmative Action A Means to Equality or Reverse Racism?
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Affirmative Action • The term Affirmative Action refers to positive steps taken to increase the representation of women and racial and ethnic minorities in employment, education, and business. • Typically, however, affirmative action refers specifically to various selection methods used by universities and businesses that result in special consideration being given to minorities and women.
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Affirmative Action • These methods come in a variety of forms – Recruitment strategies designed to increase applicant pools among underrepresented groups. –
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Unformatted text preview: Minority scholarships – “Race norming” – Quotas – Points Systems – “Plus” systems The Aims of AA • Proponents of affirmative action disagree about its aims. – Compensation – Assist in integration – Make us less race conscious – Counterbalance effects of (past and present) societal discrimination • Are these aims good or desirable? • Would AA policies help achieve these A Brief Legal History • Executive Order 11246 • Civil Rights Act of 1964 • Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1977) • Grutter v. Bollinger (2003) Arguments for AA...
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