Affirmative Action: Why It Should Go

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minorities and believed that there was no better time than the present to bring about change. This action, that started with good intentions, would later lead to a different and more complex form of discrimination.
When the Civil Rights Law passed, minorities, especially African Americans, believed that they should receive retribution for the earlier years of discrimination they endured. The government responded by passing laws to aid them in attaining better employment as reprieve for the previous two hundred years of suffering their race endured at the hands of the white race.
To many people the passing of these laws was an effort in the right direction. Supporters of Affirmative Action asked, ³Why not let the government help them get better jobs?² After all, the white race was responsible for their suffering. While this may all be true, there is another question to be asked. Are we truly responsible for the years of persecution that the African Americans and other minorities ...

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remedy. (Bolick 157)
What the commission failed to realize was that there are hundreds of thousands of white males who are not discriminating, yet are being punished because of those who are.
The Northern Natural Gas Company of Omaha, Nebraska, was forced by the government to release sixty-five white male workers to make room for minority employees in 1977 (Garth 40). Five major Omaha corporations reported that the number of white managers fell 25% in 1969 due to restrictions put on them when Affirmative Action was adopted (Garth 27). You ask, ³What did these individuals do to bring about their termination?² The only crime that they were guilty of was being white.
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