Affirmative Action

I believe that affirmative action can be considered to be moral to an extent and in a certain situation.  Situations that include two candidates for either a job, education or any other kind of position in which you compete for a role where both are equally qualified.  In this situation affirmative action should be taken place since those who are usually part of a group that is discriminated against don't usually get the position.  It should be given to them because the group that they belong to can easily be the minority of what they are applying for and if they are given the opportunity there might no longer be a minority.  

Although, in any given situation gender, race, religion or any other reasoning for discrimination should not be the deciding factor but when it comes down to it no matter what it usually does play some role.  In such situations where the first candidate of a minority group is more qualified then the second candidate who usually is not discriminated against and the second candidate gets the position then this is when affirmative action should come in place.  An example of this might be a black man who is more qualified then a white man although the white man gets the position because of the color of there skin.  This is when stereotypes come in, and when one is in a position of hiring someone the word stereotype should not be in there vocabulary.  The candidate who is more qualified in any given situation should be the one to get the position.  Just because one might be a different race, gender, poor or rich this should not give one a reason to belittle them.  One should not be bias to a person who might fall under a certain group, if one is qualified for something they deserve it more then anyone else.  Those who have jobs should have them for one reason only which is because they not only deserve it but because they are qualified not because they are the race and gender that the person hiring is looking for.  It is thought to be that when in a position of hiring they are usually looking for a white male however this is not always the case.  An example could be a nursing position a female is usually picked before a male is because females are usually raised to be more nurturing then males.  Again this is when affirmative action should come in place because no one should be discriminated against for the person that they are.