Today, I'm going to talk about "Affirmative Action". I know this word isn't familiar in our country. I never had heard it before studying it in one of my classes. However, I chose this topic because I love to know your opinion!! I think it is important to understand USA.
"Affirmative Action" is eliminating racial discrimination. It is a preferential treatment for minority like a black and women. This purpose promotes participarion of them in society. It is applied in examination and job hunting. However, this idea has many problems. For example, in 1978, white man sued for failing examination of Michigan Univ. This university automatically gives 20points to minority in this exam. Supreme Court approved his claim while affirmative action was legality. Also, president Bush supported him. However, assistant president Rice who is black women agreed with affirmative action. In short, this idea is not stability.
In my opinion, I agree with affirmative action because USA need race balance. Everybody knows USA is salad bowl or melting pot. I think this is USA. So, they have to blend human race well. However, Michigan Univ is too much. I think they should use affirmative action as score is same points. I mean black pass the test when white and black have same score.
I don't have confidence that I can explain well because it is difficult for me. X( So, if you have any question, please let me know!!
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Hi I'm Shiori. "Affirmative Action" is a preferential treatment for minority like a black and women, right?
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that. I think it's OK. Because minority in America was discriminated. So they need preferential treatment to make up for the discrimination. But when preferential treatment should be end? It's difficult to decide...
Anyway thanks for sharing us!
Yuki,
ReplyDeleteI don't know enough about affirmative action to say whether I agree or not. But I have the same question as Shiori - where is the limit of the preferential treatment? Could Caucasians then be discriminated against because of their race? Seems to me is to go back to the Civil rights code of 1964 and declare equality. That would eliminate unfairness according to race.
Ms. MacGregor
Hi, this is Noriko.
ReplyDeleteThis topic was discussed in "Justice with Michael Sandel". I think it's too difficult to answer yes or no... There are so many standing points in this problem. But I agree with affirmative action. It's because I want to support the idea that descendants got a favor from their ancients. For instance, imagine this situation that Mr.A who is white failed the exam though his score was 10 point higher than Mr.B who is black because of affirmative action. Mr.A could be supported the opinion that "It's not his fault that unbalanced ration between races. It's fault of ancients. Why do descendants have to make up actions of their ancients. They're different." It sound reasonable. But actually descendants get favors from their ancients. They can get high quality education because their ancients made prosperity. Therefore, even though Mr.A himself didn't any discrimination, he needs to shoulder responsibility of his ancient action in some part.
I was convinced this way of thinking when I watched "Justice with Michael Sandel". Since then, I've supported this point of view.