Affirmative Action Laws



Should Affirmative Action Laws be changed?

Introduction

This paper intends to expound the statement that affirmative action laws should be changed or not. The main audience for whom the paper is intended comprises of lawmakers and policymakers who have been resposnsible for upholding and implementing them. This paper will be a great source of information which will describe the definition of affirmative action laws, advantages, challenges, and proposed solutions. The study will highlight three problems pertinent to the affirmative action laws with their solutions. The affirmative action laws are the set of policies that are established to address the issue of discrimination against the race, color, religion, sex, and national origin.

Discussion

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy introduced the statutes on affirmative action in order to ensure the equality. The affirmative action laws can be described as the positive steps which the federal government takes to safeguard the rights of minorities and unrepresented groups in the society. These steps attempt to increase the representation of minorities and especially women in the areas of employment and education..

There are numerous discrimination related problems which the affirmative action laws attempt to address. The moral issues include the concerns where the affirmative action attempts to bring up the image of particular underrepresented racial or sex groups in the areas of education and work. The moral issues describe that there are a lot of people who have to suffer due to the socioeconomic disadvantage because of racism, sexism, and oppression.

Primary and secondary audience

The change in the affirmative law is subject to target the Government agency and business institutes to hire human force with providing equal employment opportunities. Secondly, secondary audience of the affirmative law is group of minorities whose rights are suppressed at work place and in educational institutes.

However, these actions claim to bring the ...