Yet, it has been proposed to repeal affirmative action for women and minorities only. White men and women have benefited more than racial and ethnic minorities in state hiring and under alternative admissions criteria to the Universities. White women are the largest beneficiaries, while white men have benefited as veterans, the disabled, and people over 40. This benefit is particularly important for women, since many families are now two-paycheck families or are single paycheck families supported by women. Attacking women s ability to earn a ood paycheck is an attack on families.
Affirmative action promotes an equal opportunity to compete for education, job training, and jobs.
Due to proven discrimination, the covered groups have been excluded unfairly from job and educational opportunities. Furthermore, affirmative action benefits all workers since it replaced nepotism and favoritism in hiring. Because of affirmative action, the hiring requirements must be necessary to perform the job. Under Affirmative action andTitle IX, job openings have become widely posted and cannot be segregated by sex. Due to discrimination, qualified women and minorities were denied jobs and educational opportunities while unqualified men got the jobs and education in the past.