Affirmative Action to promote Equal Opportunity in the United States is Justified

Justice - The quality of being just; righteousness, equitableness, or moral rightness. Affirmative Action is just in the sense that justice can only be served once the American's make it even. The only moral way to do so is to give certain advantages to "historically excluded groups". The only other way to make it even is to do the eye for an eye method, which in this case is extremely immoral considering that it would violate just about every law. "1. Not Beneficial to anybody" I didn't understand your format at first, but as I scrolled down, I got it. I suppose you don't have a source for your first argument. . I suppose I can believe what you said, but I need to view the same story to make any arguments based solely upon that story. I do not wish to further argue about this point until I can read the story. "2. I t is Unjustified" It is justified because what the American people did to those certain historically excluded groups is unjustified, so in place of the eye for an eye idea, we implement the Affirmative Action idea and they're satisfied. It's the least that they can ask for, and it only levels the playing field. "So we take steps to increase the representation of historically excluded groups in employment, education, and business to encourage the concept of choosing equality before law. This is not Just, this is not equitable because it is not consistent with the principles of justice and right. " The part where you say, "This is not Just, this is not equitable because it is not consistent with the principles of justice and right. " is a run on sentence and contains very poor grammar, but aside from that, it also is just you repeating yourself and giving the definition of just. You have still yet proven to me HOW. "In California, Michigan, Washington, Florida, and Nebraska, State law has banned the use of affirmative action in public education and hiring. Because of this, the equality is not consistent. These five states use affirmative action in fewer circumstances than the rest of the state. Since public education is state dictated, and federally, we cannot force affirmative action upon the public school system in states that ban it, affirmative action will never truly promote equal opportunity. " This doesn't prove how it is UNJUST. According to your definition of just, just means consistent with the principles of justice and right. According to my definition of justice, justice means righteousness, equitableness, and moral rightness. What you just said pertains nothing to do with the morality of the situation. It isn't MORALLY wrong to implement something after a NATIONWIDE vote would be taken to see if it would pass. Law is all about majority, some people have to do things they don't want to, but that's the great thing about the American government. Everybody has a chance. You get to voice your opinion. Nobody would be FORCING anything. "Think of when you see a crippled person. People tend to help that person more just because they are a crippled person. We are crippling the minorities while using affirmative action as a crutch. " We aren't crippling anybody. . This analogy would make sense if it actually touched on the point. We're UN-CRIPPLING them. "Affirmative action literally labels the white male as the majority, and the Black's, Mexicans, Asians, etc. as a minority. Because they are a minority, they gain special benefits which many would not have originally received. Affirmative action literally promotes racism on all levels because of that fact. " This is justified because the white male has always had the benefits that African-Americans, Mexicans, Asians, etc. will be receiving. That's why Affirmative action is JUST.