Affirmative Action

Today we talked about affirmative action. I believe it is reverse discrimination. I do think people should be given the same opportunities, but I do not think they should be ginen them based on their gender, race or any other minority characheristic. If the law says you must interview a female or a certain ethnicity, then that might not bring out the best candidates. The organization could say, ok we need a woman to interview to make this fair before we offer this job to a man so lets give sally an interview. Sally might not be the best candidate for the job because they are just trying to meet the rules of the law by interviewing any woman not really the best woman. Maybe something needs to be done, but affirmative action is not the answer. Applicants should apply as numbers not names, birthdates, or genders. Evem then, this won't solve the problem. There is still a personal interview and if they liked a woman on the application but see its a woman in ther interview, they can still discriminate. Regardless of the rules set out, personal discrimination will still take place. Women were given the right to vote so many years ago, but despite the law, discrimination still exsists so what is one more law going to fix, nothing. if anything it will cause more issues.

Kelly Uemura