From my previous blog post, we looked at the ongoing investigations of Harvard and Yale by the US Justice Department. This investigation, if reached to the Supreme Court, can have a massive effect on the survival of Affirmative Action. Although my last blog post talked about schools and places of higher education, we will noContinue reading “Affirmative Action Versus The Novel Coronavirus”
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The Investigation That Could End Affirmative Action
From my previous blog post, I looked at some of the methods that colleges and universities used to replace race-based affirmative action policies. These policies may promote economic diversity but cannot ensure racial diversity. Racial diversity can occur efficiently using Affirmative Action policies. A couple of weeks ago, I looked at the controversy surrounding aContinue reading “The Investigation That Could End Affirmative Action”
The Affirmative Action Ban
A couple of years ago, Affirmative Action as a policy was being threatened and subjected to bans around the United States. But, recently, Idaho’s Senate committee has approved a measure that would ban affirmative action policies for state agencies, state contracts, and public education. What is interesting about Idaho is that as a state minoritiesContinue reading “The Affirmative Action Ban”
Harvard and Affirmative Action: Will Affirmative Action Cease to Exist?
Summary of the Case: Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard Harvard University, a well known Ivy League school, was in the midst of controversy surrounding a lawsuit. A group of Asian-American students who were rejected by the University sued Harvard. The case itself involves a white man suing on behalf of Asian-American students who wantedContinue reading “Harvard and Affirmative Action: Will Affirmative Action Cease to Exist?”
Affirmative Action: Race, Quotas and Currently
Affirmative action is a set of policies designed to help disenfranchised or disadvantaged groups by ‘eliminating’ unlawful discrimination. Disenfranchised or disadvantaged groups, refer to minorities and females. These set of policies were created to undo any past injustices and discrimination by giving these groups a chance to equal employment, economic, and education opportunities. Many collegesContinue reading “Affirmative Action: Race, Quotas and Currently”
What is Affirmative Action?
What is Affirmative Action? Well for starters, Affirmative Action, was created in the 1960’s, in efforts to create equal opportunity for ‘disenfranchised groups’ or ‘disadvantaged groups.’ And the term ‘disadvantaged groups’ and ‘disenfranchised groups’ was used to address minorities and women in general. Affirmative Action was designed to readdress or ‘undo’ past injustices and discriminationContinue reading “What is Affirmative Action?”
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