The idea of special treatment for any group of people is unjust. ... Hwang argues in his article "the dismantlement of affirmative action does not in any way compromise the efficacy of anti-discrimination laws. The objective of having these anti- discrimination laws is to provide an equal opportunity for all, not preferential treatment for some. ... I am still convinced that Affirmative Action is unjust. Why should any laws give an unfair advantage to any group of people? ...

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Texas, in this case the Hopwood plaintiffs filed suit but the U.S. office of Civil Rights had not determined if the state sufficiently desegregated and complied with federal civil rights laws. ... It is not required to compensate for unjust institutions of the distant past, 2. ... In support of the first injustice Christopher Morris argues that affirmative action is not required by the existence of unjust institutions in the distant past, such as slavery, because compensation is dude only to those who suffered the injustice. ...

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It would also prohibit federal civil rights enforcement agencies from seeking or agreeing to administrative or judicial orders prescribing affirmative action to remedy proven instances of discrimination that violate federal law or the constitution. ... Fairness requires ending biased practices, not perpetuating them, and that includes ending the unjust advantages traditionally enjoyed by whites and white men. ... Civil liberties are the personal rights and freedoms that the federal government cannot abridge, either by law, or judicial interpretation. During the civil rights movement, the Supre...

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However, the ratio of wrongful termination today, is more than the discrimination of unjust hiring (Pager & Western, 2012). The article suggested that the reduced level of discrimination at the point of hiring indicates that the law enforcement systems in the work places have been improved. However, the overall implementation of laws to avoid discrimination is still not observed. ... Through this research, field researchers were able to produce estimation for the rate of discrimination from the very start, evidences on the interactions, which are associated with the discrimination practices a...

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The truth is that the real world is plagued with unjust hatred and violence that continues to flourish despite the animosity and grief it creates. ... A crime consists of doing something that is against the law. ... The question on hand for many people is whether or not hate crimes should have separate laws and what people or affiliations should be covered under this law. ... Many people do not know the status of hate crime laws in their own state. Currently, forty-three states have enacted hate crime laws but twenty of them exclude offenses based on sexual orientation and eight states...

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Although affirmative action has opened the doors for minorities in the fields of education and multiple professions, it does so at an unjust and costly price. ... The negative consequences of affirmative action outweigh the benefits it produces, therefore producing an unjust policy. ... The affirmative action policy is "'contrary to our Constitution and laws'- (qtd. in Grapes 41). ...

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Both rebel against powerful men who impose an injustice on them "Antigone defies Creon's law, Medea gets revenge on Jason. ... At the same time she protests against unjust and tyrannical governments. ... Antigone, of course, rebels by burying the body of Polynices, breaking the laws of Creon. ... Her primary motivation is to uphold the law of the gods: "These laws "I was not about to break them, not out of fear of some man's wounded pride, and face the retribution of the gods."" (509-511) Perhaps, like Medea, she has a secondary motive "to protest against tyrannica...

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Scott's short essay "Smokers Get A Raw Deal," Scott's version of a non-smoker is unjust. ... He says "smokers must put up with virtually unenforceable laws regulating when and where they can smoke. ...

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Justice is defined as the upholding of what is just, especially fair treatment and due reward in accordance with honor, standards, or law; the principle of moral rightness. I will use the principles of Kant, Bentham/Mill, and Plato to help show why some particular sexist and racist actions are wrong or unjust. ... Supreme Court ruled that the segregation law was unconstitutional and the Montgomery buses were integrated. ...

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The initial principal that birthed Affirmative Action as a policy or law of the land, was to create a means by which America could right the wrongs of the impact of 245 years of slavery, as well as the impact that other kinds of discrimination have had on specific groups of American society. ... Throughout the life span of our young country there have been millions of unjust incidences of discrimination, wrong doings and even cases of murder, that were based on the color of one's skin, gender, religion, sexual orientation and other characteristic's of persona. ...

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Unfortunately, one's outer appearance defines what people think of them, and this generates many disputes among people.Men,women, and children of all orientations, races, ethnicities and backgrounds are subject to unjust discrimination everyday of their lives;therefore, a solution must be found before it destroys more lives. ... As known, police and the law should play justice and equality in the society, but even they're being injustice to African/American people, by not treating them equally and providing them with security as provided to others. ...

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• Grade Level: High School