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and the work place and not exclude people on the

basis of race or gender (Holhut3). Affirmative action in the employment status consist of

publicizing job notices in places where everyone can see: recruitment: eliminating

discriminatory hiring and setting goals towards increasing opportunities for those that

were previously discriminated against. However, Affirmative action programs not only

take steps for women and minorities, but also disabled veterans, and emotionally and

economically disabled.
Affirmative action measures were established to fight racial discrimination. The

federal government mandated affirmative action programs to redress racial inequality and

injustice in a series of steps beginning with an executive order issued by president

Kennedy in 1961 (Thomas4). The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made discrimination illegal

and established equal employment opportunity for all Americans regardless of race,

cultural ...

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that is

choosing between qualified candidates; the hiring preference should be for a person of

color when past discrimination has resulted in whit people receiving selective treatment.

Sometimes people argue that affirmative action means that the most qualified

person will not be hired. However, it has been demonstrated many times in hiring and

academic recruitment that test and educational qualifications are not necessarily the best

predictors of the future success. This does not mean unqualified people should be hired.

It means qualified people who may not have the highest test scores or grades, but who are

ready to do the job may be hired(Lopez5). ...

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