Afirmative Action

Imagine yourself at a job interview with another interviewee in the room with you. Both of you have the same qualifications, yet the other person is a minority. After the interview takes place, you feel as if everything went perfect, and you know that your interview went much better than the other person's. A week later, you recieve a call informing you that you have not recieved the job. Two weeks later, you visit the company to see thatthe other person you interviewed with got the job. What could possibly be the reason for this situation? How did this happen? Well, it's most likely that the other person recieved the job because out of the two of you, they were the minority. Fair? No. Existent? Yes. The reason for this situation occured from Affirmative Action.

We all may not know exactly what purpose Affirmative Action serves, but look at it from this scenario. You're being interviewed for a job with another person, both of you have the same qualifications, but one of you is a minority. Because of Affirmative Action the minority will be given the position.

Affirmative Action was signed into place in 1964 when racial predjudice was very relevant. But today, there is no need for the program because the climate of society has changed. Affirmative Action is not only unfair towards non minorities, but demeaning towards minorities as well.

Affirmative Action doesn't fully serve the purpose it claims. Look at it this way; there's more African Americans in the united States than Islamic people. But, Affirmative Action does not support religous minorities.