By utilising societies tool; the media, society has been able to isolate and identify what is socially acceptable in western society and what is not. ... All the women interviewed were either employed or had been employed in a line of work that is normally deemed "socially acceptable". ... , Regina show rage towards a bartender who by using a racial slur, placed a stereotypical image of herself in her mind and simultaneously deemed it socially unacceptable and discriminated against her. ...

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A common case deemed acceptable by the Supreme Court would be a university providing preferential treatment to a minority applicant based upon that applicant's race, providing that it is in the university's best interests to have a diverse faculty. ... Because this would not be acceptable, it would be wrong to label diversity and uniformity as right and wrong accordingly. ...

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The initial intent of "Affirmative action" was intended to take positive steps toward increasing the representation of women and minorities in areas of employment, education, and culture from which they have been historically excluded. History indicated a tremendous amount of discrimination against women and minorities prior to the Affirmative Action initiative. The steps taken by the Affirmative Action plan aimed to eliminate previous prejudicial selections, as well as to serve as a sort of recompense for previous mistreatments. This seemed to be a positive step in the right dire...

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