Affirmative Action

Affirmative Action is a necessary part of today's society and it shall be the topic of this debate. First, I will provide definitions so that there is no confusion in the debate and the argument doesn't turn into one over semantics as so many debates fall to while avoiding the topic, which can be entertaining, but avoids the topic at hand. So, affirmative action is the active effort to improve the employment and educational opportunities for minorities. [1] I believe this is very necessary in our society and is something that (at the moment) we cannot do without. It may be possible that in the far future as hate crimes go down and religion dies out and people learn to accept things instead of wasting their time hating that we could be able to do away with affirmative action but that won't happen any time soon since we have groups such as the Klu Klux Klan and the Westboro Ministries. [2 and video] Affirmative action is necessary because America is a country that is flawlessly blossoming. Flawlessly blossoming in hatred. Well, since we seem to disregard the 14th amendment in the idea that a persons right to an opinion is more highly valued than a persons right to not be discriminated against, thank goodness the government does stick up for minorities with affirmative action. We have hate in this country therefore we need something to even the playing field a bit. If we didn't have this, there would be blacks that would never be hired, gays just coming out in middle or high school being expelled from schools and not accepted to others and inner city students being denied job opportunities that they are just as capable of doing than their suburban-raised peers. First off, without affirmative action, the discrimination in America would run the schools and businesses and the country could very possibly fall into a segregated state. If the college dean didn't want to allow blacks or women into his college, then there would be an all white male college. Discriminating and stereotypical. We need to encourage mixing of diversity to allow people to learn about each other and have a much more open society otherwise, hate groups such as the KKK or Westboro Church would gain members and return the country to a state of oppression. Anyone want to go back to slavery days? Without affirmative action, minorities might have to live under a stereotype for innumerable amounts of years which is completely unjust and inhumane. Affirmative action encourages us to broaden our horizons as a society and stop discrimination. African-Americans lived for centuries under a stereotype that they were less capable than whites. This was however broken by affirmative action, otherwise that may never have happened and to this very day it is very possible that Africans could have been hated just as they were in their slavery and the Klu Klux Klan could have run wildly through the streets slaughtering black people mercilessly. Affirmative action keeps society from moving back into the ignorance that once existed and which we can realize now that is completely false. Without it, it is very possible that we may disintegrate back into groups of witch-burners. We need affirmative action to counter existing hate. The gay community would be nowhere without affirmative action. We would all be broke and homeless in a good section of the country as in 30 states, LGBT people can be fired solely on the basis of their sexuality. The same would happen in schools and colleges and other places. In the other 20 states with laws prohibiting this however, affirmative action keeps LGBT people from losing their jobs. [4] We need affirmative action to counter hate and discrimination that goes on in our society, otherwise a good number of gay people would be fired simply because their boss doesn't like them or the bible tells that boss to hate them. Is this right? Of course not. I will extend my arguments in the next round. Until then, I anxiously await Con's response! 1 http://www.merriam-webster.com... 2 http://www.kkk.bz... http://www.youtube.com... 4 http://gayrights.change.org...