affirmative action

For the past several years the argument over affirmative action has been a highly debated topic. The issue at hand is whether or not affirmative action is reverse discrimination or not. Affirmative action by definition "means taking positive steps to end discrimination, to prevent its recurrence, and to create new opportunities that were previously denied to qualified women and people of color," (Work & Family). The reason that affirmative action is so controversial is because Americans …

…get the proper education so that they can compete for jobs instead of having them handed to them. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Bibliography Bibliography "Work & Family," Http://www.nationalpartnership.org/worka...mily/workplace/affirm act/aa_whatitis.htm "Positive Aspects of Affirmative Action," http://www.sru.edu/depts/cisba/comm/awalters/smgr/maarten/ maxhppos.htm "Affirmative Action in Focus," http://www.policy.com/issuewk/1999/0222_58/detail327.html "Constitutional Law and Politics," Fourth Edition. Volume two. O'Brien, David M.