Do any of you believe that affirmative action causes reverse discrimination?

Question

Do any of you believe that reverse discrimination is an effect from affirmative action? When company's set out to prefer protected class members (women and minorities) when filling vacant job openings, does this cause a reverse discrimination against white males who may be qualified for the job openings?

Answer 1

Affirmative action encourages mediocrity. There should be no other basis rather than merit and potential. Those of you who were employed because of a qouta would be happie if you did not benefit from this. Assert that you should behosen for employment or admitted to universities solely because of your own merits and not based on your race's qouta. I have had people around me complain of non-promtion because of their dark color: This I tell them everytime I hear this crap: You must be thankful you have that color, the foremost basis you were employed, which you probably do not deserve otherwise. Stop affirmative action and encourage excellence!!!

Answer 2

no, because there is no such thing. Discrimination is discrimination, racism is racism, etc.



The point of affirmative action is actually to force companies to discriminate -- in favor of blacks woment and minorities. Depending on the system, an under qualified minority could get a position instead of a more qualified white/male, the point being to normalize people other than white males having these jobs,or to curb discrimination in favor or white males When these programs were first enacted they needed, but we can't have them forever. Otherwise we'd just be replacing one type of discrimination with another.,



















we can't have programs like this forever

Answer 3

Yes. Anything based on race is a form of discrimination.

Answer 4

Discrimination is discrimination. Aiding some people discriminates against those you don't aid. Providing an advantage for some people takes away from someone else.

Answer 5

Affirmative action is reverse discrimination.



Quotas based on race is asking me to pay for crimes that occurred before I was born to victims who are no longer alive.

Answer 6

Affirmative action is no longer needed. It should just go away.