Affirmative Action
Affirmative Action | Affirmative Action Harms Society
Representative Charles T. Canady is a Florida Republican. He is the chairman of the Constitution Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee, and the principal sponsor of the Civil Rights Act of 1997.
Summary: By promoting a system of race-based entitlement, affirmative action is keeping America from evolving into a color-blind society where people are judged on their abilities, not the color of their skin. Affirmative action is a system of racial preferences and quotas that deny opportunity to individuals solely because they are not members of a...
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Table of Contents
- Society Needs Affirmative Action
- Society Needs Affirmative Action in Higher Education
- Affirmative Action Promotes Diversity
- Affirmative Action Benefits the Workplace and Economy
- Affirmative Action Balances White Privilege
- Affirmative Action Harms Society
- Affirmative Action Promotes Discrimination
- Affirmative Action Harms Minority Students
- Affirmative Action Should Be Reformed
- Affirmative Action Should Be Based on Class, Not Race
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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