Affirmative Action

Against Affirmative Action
There was discrimination occurring in America about forty-four years ago that made it necessary for our government to create and enforce a law called Affirmative Action. Affirmative action was initiated by the administration of President Lyndon Johnson (1963–69) in order to improve opportunities for African Americans while civil rights legislation was dismantling the legal basis for discrimination. The federal government began to institute affirmative action policies under the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 and an executive order in 1965. Affirmative action programs were monitored by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Subsequently, affirmative action was broadened to cover women and Native Americans, Hispanics, and other minorities and was extended to colleges and universities and state and federal agencies (Britannica).   Although this was a positive intervention at the time, affirmative action is no longer necessary today.
Even though affirmative action has a positive-sounding label, it has resulted in negative actions.   Instead of considering the qualifications of all candidates, without racial considerations, affirmative action favors selected races and, thus, bias the outcome. Race-based policies should be abolished in America.   Both minorities and Caucasians have the same opportunity to learn, whether or not they take advantage of it. Because of affirmative action, minorities can never know if they were accepted to universities or hired for jobs because of their qualifications or ethnicity. This also holds true for Caucasians who are rejected.
Over the years, there have been two significant court cases involving affirmative action. The first case occurred during the nineteen-seventies. A young man named Allan Bakke; who applied twice to the University of California medical school, was rejected in result of affirmative action policies both years. Bakke took his...