Abolish_Affirmative_Action

Abolish Affirmative Action Are we not all equal' Are we not all able to get an education' Then why is affirmative action needed' If we are equal and have the same skills why should a minority, certain race, religion or sect get a job over the average “Joe”' This is why I believe affirmative action should be abolished. Affirmative action is a policy or a program that seeks to redress past discrimination through active measures to ensure equal opportunity, as in education and employment. It is called preferential selection, which means selection on the basis of race, gender, or ethnicity. It was introduced by president Lyndon B. Johnson’s Executive Order 11246, requiring employers to use “affirmative action” to make sure they were not discriminating. In doing this it may be forcing businesses to hire less qualified personel. People may also cheat this system by taking advantage of a businesses obligation to affirmative action. People may fake indian heritage, hispanic, or african decent. An example of this is the University of Colorado which hired Ward Churchill. He became an associate member of the Keetoowah tribe by telling them he was an author who could affirmative, action, should, race, people, equal, job, ethnicity, education, weight, university, tribe, sure, skills, selection, qualifications, past, over, nothing, member, less, indian, hired, given, discrimination, churchill, cherokee, businesses, believe, applicants, about, abolished, years, work, without