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An End to Affirmative Action?
With Barack Obama coming to the White House do you believe he will put an end to affirmative action? What else could minorities want? There is a minority becoming President of the United States, that just goes to show that if any group were to try hard enough they can achieve anything. Whats your take on this?
Wally-I am ready for it, someone needs to bring it up in order for it to be abolished. I feel the same that we can not look at skin color, nationality, or religion-but the character of the person. Character counts highly in my book. So I do believe I am ready. I don't believe quotas are needed though, you work hard your rewarded. Affirmative action does just that, looks at your skin color, nationality and religion. I say get rid of it, now is the time. Obama is proof it is no longer needed.
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Let me start by saying he has referred to himself as a mutt. Still far, far too early to tell and I don't think that's even on the top 50 issues he's going to need to address right now this issue is touching the radar. So far, building his cabinet, I'm rather impressed as is quite a bit of the american population that keeps up with politics and current events. No one thought he had a chance in the first place how can you predict a change on affirmative action if in the beginning we didn't even believe we could have a black president?
Just my opinion, hope not to offend as always!!!
Source(s): Loving living in a liberal society with republican parents all the while loving the news. - WallyZLv 71 decade ago
You might not believe this Affirmative Action will end when people stop complaining about it and treating your neighbors and coworkers the same and not even consider the color of their skin, nationality, or religion. The fact that you asked the question means that you are not ready yet.
The second thing you won't believe is that certain things will be eased like quotas but some of the basic aspects will be enforced for a change. The result will satisfy neither side that much but Affirmative Action has always been a balancing act.
- susandiane311Lv 51 decade ago
There will probably be more affirmative action under Obama. More people will believe they're entitled( as opposed to earning them) to jobs and positions of power than ever before.
- irishmom91562Lv 61 decade ago
An END to AA? I think the opposite effect will be attempted by Obama, until he is forced to acknowledge that education level and ability to do the job must be criteria for hire. This is but one of the many things he'll be forced to acknowledge, before being forced to resign.
I think he reinforced the belief of some minorities that lying DOES get you ahead in life.
- ?Lv 45 years ago
i think we are at a element the place we can finally permit bypass of affirmative action. in spite of the reality that i don't be attentive to how I benefitted from it. Is there an utility you fill out to get it? To the guy who thinks the presidential elections might desire to do with affirmative action, it would not, because of the fact the president is "elected" with the aid of the persons, and no you may stress you to vote for a individual because of the fact of their race. Affirmative action grew to become into instituted to offer a point enjoying container for minorities as nicely as whites, and it grew to become into concept that it might depart as quickly because it grew to become into no longer needed, or as quickly as the institutionalized discrimination grew to become into now no longer as rampant because it grew to become into in the '60s. It grew to become into no longer a racist coverage, it grew to become into instituted as a results of discrimination in preparation and employment of minorities. i think of immediately that's needed under it grew to become into 40 yrs in the past. This application has been a double-edged sword of varieties. human beings say we are unqualified, yet we are employed and knowledgeable besides because of this application, yet whilst no longer for this technique, we had much less of a wager than others, in simple terms in accordance with ethnicity. And on desirable of that, whites sense that this technique discriminates against them and forces them to hire a minority over a "extra effective qualified white individual".