White privilege and its social consequences represent one of the main reasons why equality is unattainable. ... White privilege is a system that amasses to whites' greater wealth and resources. ... Being white constitutes a powerful asset in the United States and globally. ... If, as he sees it, individuals are all afforded the same rights with regard to "pursuing happiness," then it is inevitable that certain people, due to their individual intellect and skill, will be more successful at "attaining happiness". ... By contrast, the concentration of people of color in a geographic are...

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The author emphasized the opposing views of many white males used to discredit Affirmative Action. ... Another opposing argument to Affirmative Action is that promotions given to white males employees were based solely on merit and intelligence, reason being that white males score higher on standardized test. However, it is not mention that Asian Americans score higher than white males, but rarely receive the same benefits. ... Affirmative Action has opened the door for many people who would have never been able to go to a top school or get a managerial position. ... White America has limite...

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By singling out minorities as the only people that affirmative action applies to, you are discriminating against them from the start. ... People should be considered as individuals and not members of a different race. ... Another counter argument to the abolition of affirmative action is that minorities for the most part are brought up in poor neighborhoods and therefore their education is not as good as most of the white people whose income level is higher and subsequently have better schools. ... The percentage of white students accepted by Berkeley totaled 36.8 percent. ... People thr...

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Although people that are of the minority benefit from the Affirmative Action program, people of the majority do nothing but suffer because of it. Innocent white males who have done nothing in the past to promote racial inequality are left unemployed. ... However, "programs to simply help backs win jobs or gain access to higher education have a much higher level of support- by roughly 70 percent of the white public" (Kleugel 797). ... This is not only unfair to employers and the white males who are not given deserved positions, but it also not beneficial to the economic status of the United ...

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Even though there were white youths involved in the riots it seems that this crucial fact was ignored. ... Over a thousand people were stopped and less than a hundred were charged. ... However, regarding people those live in all white areas the medias presentation of ethnic minority's is crucial to how their viewpoints moulded. ... Dijks main findings were finding a positive representation of white British citizens and a negative presentation of non-white and potential British citizens. ... It seems that it is the white authorities-especially police and politicians-are the main speakers r...

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They addressed the needs that were ignored by white women and black men in the women's and liberation movement. ... The women's movement was preoccupied with white women's status and position in regards to white men. ... There were people with enough powerful influences in these groups to make the lives of these black revolutionaries unbearable. The inability of white women and black men to acknowledge, understand or incorporate these issues prompted the formation of the black feminist movement. ... Included with the images of lesbianism and man-hating, black women were told...

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Prior to these laws and the Title VII law, the U.S workforce was primarily dominated by white males. ... Quotas by comparison, "establishes a definite number of people who must be hired. ... A 1990 study by the University of Chicago's National Opinion Research Center found that the majority of white Americans still believe blacks to be inferior. ... The programs as they apply now are detrimental to the operation of the job market, to white males, and to the groups it is supposed to benefit. ... By "patronization" I mean the setting of a lower standard of expected accomplishment because of...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Prior to these laws and the Title VII law, the U.S workforce was primarily dominated by white males. ... Quotas by comparison, establishes a definite number of people who must be hired. ... A 1990 study by the University of Chicago's National Opinion Research Center found that the majority of white Americans still believe blacks to be inferior. ... The programs as they apply now are detrimental to the operation of the job market, to white males, and to the groups it is supposed to benefit. ... By patronization I mean the setting of a lower standard of expected accomplishment because of th...

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Many people thank the pioneering ideas and hard work from various minority and women organizations for enriching this nation with its diverse workforce. ... While some people agree that affirmative action is needed, whether in its current form or a "mended" form, a number of individuals believe it has done its job and is no longer required. ... Slavery, which had been in use for hundreds of years, was an accepted practice of the white majority. ... Women's Suffrage was put aside and wealthy white landowners dictated societal standards. ... The white majority populace simply believed th...

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Interaction allows students to learn that persons of the opposite race are people too, more or less like themselves. ... Individuals who benefit from affirmative action must achieve academic excellence relative to other people with similar backgrounds. ... The constitution says we must treat all people equally but the affirmative action treats some people unequally, actually more equally. ... Whites who work harder and or are more qualified can be passed over strictly because they are white. ... Or when applying for a job, if there are two men with the exact same qualifications on white and on...

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Of course, this vocal minority is not challenging traditional forms of preference and discrimination that favor the rich, the educated, white people and men. ... With years of change and constant focus, we as a people continue to find ways to bridge the gap and level the playing field in a much larger vineyard. But there are still thousands of examples of situations where people of color, white women, and working class women and men of all races who were previously excluded from jobs or educational opportunities, or were denied opportunities once admitted, have gained access through affirmativ...

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Latinos earn 56 cents for every dollar white men earn. African- American men earn 75 percent of what white male men earn. ... Affirmative action does not penalize white males. Fairness requires ending biased practices, not perpetuating them, and that includes ending the unjust advantages traditionally enjoyed by whites and white men. ... Affirmative action is needed to make previously excluded groups of people more competitive in economic and professional life. ...

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In addition, the administration has resisted pressure from fellow Republicans to support white students in the Michigan cases who claim that racial diversity is not justified by giving preferential treatment to minorities. ... Without affirmative action, it is likely that the premier colleges and universities would be made up of predominantly white men and Asian-Americans. ... The core of the problem arises from the fact that some people, mostly white males, are being denied access to educational institutions and jobs not based on merit but rather based on discriminatory factors. ... So ...

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His definition was a policy of preferring qualified women and minority candidates who have been disadvantaged by past injustices over equally or more qualified white male candidates who have not been similarly disadvantaged. ... It is directed at the wrong people. 4. ... It is unfair to the white males whom it discriminates against. ... To support the fifth and last objection Barry Gross claims that affirmative action is unfair to white males because it takes away their opportunities of equality by placing women or minority candidates over more qualified male candidates. ...

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Clearly some affirmative action was in play, for some better qualified white students were not accepted by that school. ... I especially found it unfair that a relatively poorer and more qualified white student was not accepted for this reason. ... However, basing affirmative action solely on race has allowed for some people to abuse the system. We can't blind ourselves to the fact that there are poor white students as well. ...

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Research has shown, however, that affirmative action "has been an important policy for improving the economic status of people of color and White women" (Konrad, 429). ... The truth is that "for decades black unemployment has been about twice that of white unemployment" (Feagin, 258). ... This is one of many reasons that some people argue that affirmative action lowers standards. ... This view suggests that white men have "indeed paid a price for some affirmative action programs" (Feagin, 28). ... Other people argue that the ratio of white to black students should stay disproportionate in ...

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The 14th Amendment states that all people born or naturalized in the United States are entitled to equal protection of the laws. ... Some people believe that it is necessary in order for underrepresented minorities to access educational opportunities, some say that it only contributes to discrimination. ... The fact that it revolves around whether you are Black, Hispanic, White, or Asian, clearly exemplifies its racial intent. ... At the University of San Diego, affirmative action students had GPAs that were 0.30 points lower than other students and tests scores that were 200 points below Whit...

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Of all the people within western society, women have been the most heavily scrutinised by society. ... Stereotypes are often made by people in order to make a quick judgement on a persons character or the ethics that person holds. ... The common "white" view of Aboriginal women that is expressed in the play "What do they call me?" ... My father is a white man, just like you that proves I am not a primitive. ... These women not only need a way to identify with their surroundings and the people in them but also to themselves. ...

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As the war raged on and the battle against Nazi Germany was won, discrimination against non-white people became more apparent. People of differing ethnic groups wanted the chance to participate in society as equal members, with all of the same opportunities as white Americans. ... The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) gained half a million members. ... Nazi Germany and Hitler's attitudes toward anyone that wasn't part of the Aryan race showed people firsthand the horrors of extreme prejudice. ... I believe that with each new generation, people beco...

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It became most noticeable in the 1960's civil rights movement that was designed to break down the barriers of segregation and exclusion against people of minority status. People of minority status encompassed a broad spectrum of individuals. ... But as the basis for imposing discriminatory legal remedies that work against innocent people, societal discrimination is insufficient and overexpansive. ... Even locally we have seen two cases surface where white students in grade school have been the victims of affirmative action discrimination and exclusion from public schools. ... David Su...

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Instead, white people and black people were both the same neutral skin color.... " The so called, "minority slot," is a hiring practice that only allows people of color to compete against other people of color for a spot. ... "The resulting argument is that affirmative action programs create 'reverse discrimination' against white males," (Jackson.) ... Another example was presented in a 2003 Supreme Court case when two white applicants were rejected from the University of Michigan. ... " Because minorities are indeed given preferential treatment just be...

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The laws" intent was to afford underprivileged minority groups" equal opportunities for employment that were available to the white male. ... Many decades ago it was very evident that black people had a difficult time landing jobs. ... President Lyndon Johnson executed the added edge to expand the rights of black people and initiated the Civil Rights Law of 1964. ... We are now seeing more women, white and black primarily, black men and even the American native Indian in the American workplace. ... Forcing the hand of the white men in America to ...

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Consider an investment firm whose clientele consists solely of older white males. It may very well be in the firm's best interests to have a workforce consisting of older white males. Yet most would think it completely unjust for such a firm to give preferential treatment to a less qualified older white male over a black applicant. ... In his attempt to make a libertarian case for affirmative action, Valls believes that the practice is justified based upon past injustices towards a particular group of people. ... Of the applications mailed out, those with traditionally ethnic names ar...

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Since the 1950s, the female-to-male earnings gap has hovered around 60%: in 2001, for every dollar earned by a white man, white women earned 73 cents, African American women 63 cents, and Latinas 53 cents. ... However, 95% of Fortune 500 CEOs are still white men. ... For example, Finnish people are seen as inferior in Sweden, and perform poorly on tests there; however, they perform well on tests in Australia, where they are not discriminated against. ... "For every dollar white male managers in the private sector earn, white women managers earn 59 cents, men-of-color managers earn 75 cen...

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Since minorities had not the advantages to better public schooling, there were few equally or more qualified then white males. ... Currently the US population is 77.9% white and 12.9 % black, yet the unemployment rate is 5.1 for whites, while its 10.7 for blacks. Statistically, if affirmative action is ever successful, 80% of the company would be white, 13 % black, and 7% other minorities. ... With these plans comes the consequence of not promoting or hiring more qualified white males. ... In the process, many white firefights were passed up for advancement as less qualified, sometimes much l...

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