Opposing Affirmative Action

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Inequality: the battle still rages on in our country, hidden just below the surface. Is inequality occuring when a minority individual fails to achieve admittance to a job/university? Is it occuring when more qualified majority members of society are coming in second to under-qualified ethnic groups? Admittance should be based on individual merit rather than ethnicity. However, Affirmative Action stands in the way. Stand firmly in opposition to Affirmative Action, I say! Support its abolishment before it does any more damage to society. Affirmative Action is a set of policies and a mindset that take gender, race, and ethnicity into account in order to achieve “equal opportunity.” In other words, Affirmative Action tells companies and universities that they need to admit the same amount of ethic peoples as white men, regardless of merit or individual potential. President Kennedy issued Executive Order 10925 which required government officials to "take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and employees are treated during employment, without regard to thei...

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