Affirmative Action

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religion, and national origin. As a result, minorities and women received lower wages and their rate of unemployment was higher than the country’s overall rate of unemployment. In an effort to put an end to employment discrimination, Congress enacted Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Equal Employment Commission, established by the Act, is charged with enforcing the anti-discrimination laws through prevention of employment discrimination and resolution of complaints. The Act is designed to make employers responsible for illegal discrimination and to encourage employers to end discrimination. Title VII was substantially strengthened in the 1972 amendments signed by President Nixon. As Supreme Court holdings concluded, the legislative history to the 1972 amendments made clear that Congress approved of race, and gender conscious remedies that had been developed by the courts in enforcing the 1964 Act.
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for a position because they fall into a minority group. What is does mean is that you cannot discriminate or exclude a person form getting a job, getting promoted, or anything else, just because they happen to fall into that group. The question we have to ask ourselves is whether or not is actually making the white male group less important and unequal to the minority group, doing more harm than good. Coming from my point of view, the view of the white male, this is a serious question.
The intensity of the debate over is due to the shared belief that is an important moral debate dealing with justice and equality. Not only does it deal with important constitutional issues, but it ...

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