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Affirmative Action Presented by: Alan Gibson Craig Messing Tintisha Sagar Samantha Sumulong

The Necessity of Continued of Civil Rights and Affirmative Action Legislation

Life in the 1960’s • Oppression of the Rights of Women and Minorities  Right to Vote  Restriction of First Amendment Rights: Free Speech / Right to Protest • Discrimination • Separation of Races • Violence

Discrimination in Employment Policies • Employers were much more likely to employ a white than a minority. • Minorities usually had only the most menial of jobs open to them. • Minorities and Women were Paid Lower Wages, EVEN if their Work was Actually Better than their Counterparts‟.

Civil Rights Act of 1964 • Title I  Equal Voting Rights

• Title II  Outlawed Discrimination in Public Places Engaged in Interstate Commerce

• Title III  Encouraged and Provided a Means for the Desegregation of Public Schools

• Title IV  Authorized Withdrawal of Funds from Programs Practicing Discrimination

• Title V  Outlawed Employment Discrimination; Created Equal Employment Opportunities Commission

Improvements Created by Civil Rights and Women’s Movements • Employment opportunities, university enrollment, etc of women and minorities risen dramatically. • Enforcement of policies of fairness towards all peoples commonplace. • Fairer wages.

The Necessity of Continued Enforcement of the Laws

The Necessity of Continued Enforcement of the Laws • Many people in this country still, unfortunately, are opposed to the ideal of equality • Any lack of enforcement of these laws gives more power to such people • Although progress in achieving equality has been made due to the laws, true equality has not yet been reached, and can only be attained through further diligence

The necessity to ban Affirmative Action

What is Affirmative Action? • A common misunderstanding: Reservation of certain facilities to „under-privileged‟ minorities

• What it really means: Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act states that: “703 (j) Nothing contained in this title shall be interpreted to require any employer… to grant preferential treatment to any individual or to any group because of the race, color, religion, sex, or national origin group on of any imbalance which may exist with respect to the total number or percentage of persons of any race, color, religion, sex, or national origin by any employer…”

Why create Affirmative Action? • The intended purpose of Affirmative Action is to increase the opportunity for minority groups • “You do not take a person …bring him up to the starting line of a race and say, 'you are free to compete with all the others,' and still justly believe that you have been completely fair.” – President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965

College issions • A 3.2 GPA vs. a 4.0 GPA • Demeaning to link achievement to affirmative action • Hard work, discipline and achievement should be awarded

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Reverse Discrimination

• Affirmative action also affects the majority group i.e. leads to Reverse Discrimination.

Employment • Hiring under-qualified people • Quality of work may decrease • Morale of employees is affected

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Disadvantages • Accepting students who cannot meet the minimum requirements • Scholarships aimed specifically towards minorities • Hiring employees who are not as qualified as others