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Affirmative Action
“Affirmative action was orginally designed to help minorities, but women-especially white
women-have made the greatest gains as a result of these programs”(Gross, 1996). Affirmative action is a
growing argument among our society. It is multifaceted and very often defined vaguely. Many people
define a ....
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.... and minorities.
“Some observers argue that women have made huge strides!
with the help of affirmative action. They now hold 40 percent of all corporate middle-management jobs,
and the number of women-owned businesses has grown by 57 percent since 1982”(Blackwood, 1995).
“Affirmative action was desinged to give qualified minorities a chance to compete on equal
footing with Whites” (Chappell, 1995). Equal opportunities for the blacks, for the most part, has
remained more wishful-thinking than fact. Black students are continuing to struggle to seek an
education, black bu ....
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