Affirmative Action: Justified or Unwarranted?

Affirmative Action: Justified or Unwarranted? Abstract Jack and Diane are both applying for a job in the advertising division of a leading national magazine. Both of these applicants graduated from very reputable colleges. Diane achieved a solid B average while Jack was rated slightly higher. Both ranked in the top one-third of their graduating class. Jack worked for a relative in a family owned advertising agency over the summer. Diane, who had to help out …

…achieve fairness in our job market. The arguments over affirmative action will continue. Even the most active supporters of affirmative action agree that it is a temporary solution to the age-old problems of racism and sexism (Bergmann 167). No one knows when the healing process of these scars will complete. The end to this debate will probably only come when affirmative action plans are abolished and the world realizes that there is only one race; mankind.