Topic: We should end affirmative action
acceptance into college and if jobs should be based on merit, not the race of the applicant. affirmative action perpetuates the very thing it's designed to fight.
affirmatice action levels the playing field for marginalized sectors of society
affirmative  action has helped numerous minorities to reach their dreams
affirmative action  hurts other people more than it helps.
affirmative action  is still needed when there is inequality in society.
affirmative action actively promotes candidates who would otherwise not be qualified on the basis of their race/ethnicity, sex, or gender identity. this leads to positions being filled by less capable people.
affirmative action allows for marginalized groups that would be overlooked otherwise to get a shot.
affirmative action allows for minorities to have a chance in competitive jobs
affirmative action allows more diversity in the work or college environment.
affirmative action allows people to pursue a career that they may never have considered without help from the program.
affirmative action allows those who may be marginalized to progress in the work environment
affirmative action allows those who may have been left behind or marginalized to improve themselves
affirmative action allows those without the financial resources access to universities that they may otherwise have been locked out of being able to attend.
affirmative action breeds further resentment toward groups of society that are or were the subject of discrimination. equal opportunity is the best approach
affirmative action breeds resentment in the workplace and demoralization in the job market
affirmative action bypasses people who may be highly skilled but as they are not in a protected minority class can be turn down for employment by someone less skilled.
affirmative action can be considered discriminatory against poor whites
affirmative action can be counter-productive if people are resentful of the help that the individual has got.
affirmative action can cause people who have really tried to be passed up by someone of lesser ability.
affirmative action can lead to people getting jobs that they are not fully ready to do as they were given opportunities due to specific creteria that are unrelated to the job such as skin colour.
affirmative action can lead to people who are less qualified getting positions they would otherwise not be able to achieve,
affirmative action can make it difficult for qualified people to get jobs.
affirmative action can result in better candidates being rejected because they are not in a minority.
affirmative action can support under represented groups to eliminate discrimination
Affirmative action causes people with the best credentials to lose out on a job because they are not a minority.
affirmative action centers on the minority regardless of capability, leaving those in the majority without  equal opportunities regardless of skillful capabilities, it is a form of discrimination in itself.
affirmative action corrects for generations of wrong-doing and should not be discarded.