Affirmative Action: is it still fair?

Tonishia Signore                                 Affirmative Action

I believe that affirmative action was a necessary and worthwhile cause when it was first implemented however in today’s society it is no longer applicable. I believe it is no longer moral or necessary because the people who were being oppressed (Blacks, women, etc.) are now offered (basically) the same opportunities as say, white men. I do not believe with my coming generation that gender or color will be as much as a dividend as economic classes. For example, just because a person is a woman does not mean that she cannot go to college, however if she is a woman with little money, raised in a poor neighborhood, her chances may be less. In further argument I believe very simply it is unethical to give a scholarship to a wealthy black student, over a poor white student, simply because the black student is a different color. Assistance should be provided based on need, no matter what color, gender, or religion a person is.

think it is fair to say that still applying affirmative action in today’s society is a serious form of reverse discrimination. According to certain forms affirmative action, if a person has fewer qualifications, but is a historically oppressed minority and is applying for a job alongside a non-minority, they will still receive the job. How is that fair? Even if the person in the majority has worked their absolute hardest and made huge sacrifices, it would not matter. Simply because they are white they will not be given the job. My personal standing is that people are people, color or religion should never be a factor. Whether the decision be a job, college, scholarship, advancement opportunities, or any other wide range of possibilities, it should not be based on physical characteristics but rather social and economic facts, which prove necessity.