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Affirmative Action: For and Against

Affirmative action is the preferential hiring of members of certain groups which are seen as disadvantaged over other groups. Is positive discrimination a good idea or a bad idea? Are there any exceptions?

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Affirmative action promotes hatred. You can not take rights away from someone and give them to someone else without that happening. Besides, what it says is, we are going to place the blame on today's young white men for things they had nothing to do with. That's like condemning a son for the crimes his father committed. And how does that square things with the young men who's ancestors fought to eliminate slavery ?

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mrcatsam(663) Disputed
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I totally understand what you are saying, bit try not to think about it like that. I'd a black man is chosen over a white man to go to college, it had nothing to do with the white man. The university is trying to give the black person an opportunity that a white man can get anywhere. I agree that it's not fair, but I try to tell myself that if we promote diversity, the world will be a place with less hatred.

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WinstonC(1225) Disputed
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To discriminate in favor of one group means to discriminate against another. The white man with higher test scores than the black man will in your example be rejected from the university. Equality of opportunity is the bedrock of western civilizations and to remove it is to remove fairness from society.

"The university is trying to give the black person an opportunity that a white man can get anywhere."

This white man will face the same obstacle everywhere else; he will need to work much harder to achieve the same goals simply because of the color of his skin.

"I agree that it's not fair, but I try to tell myself that if we promote diversity, the world will be a place with less hatred."

If we promote one group over another this will create resentment of the group that is unfairly advantaged. It will lead to more hatred and division.

Side: Against