It s discouraging to think that a company may not reach its greatest economic potential because it is forced to hire the least qualified of two individuals. We can t. Maintaining the role of one of the most competitive countries in the world, I would like to think that, as Americans, we have more pride in our country than that which is hampered by affirmative action. Furthermore, affirmative action and quotas play a very similar role in education. Unfortunately, many exceptional young students may not reap the benefits a well respected college has to offer because someone with a possible, lesser degree of potential may be granted admission on the basis of their skin color. Through the demise of race-dividing policies, underrepresented individuals shielded by affirmative action would be forced to compete, on a level playing field, for jobs and admission to colleges and universities.
Competition has nothing but positive effects and is crucial in accelerating capitalism.
The debilitating effects of affirmative action and quotas hinder an individual s desire to compete in society. In order to promote a competitive society, employers need to be free to hire those who are the best qualified, not those who are underrepresented. Affirmative action should be considered offensive to the very people it is trying to assist, because it is lowering their standards of quality. A similar philosophy was adopted by the Puritans of Massachusetts in seventeenth century America which led to the collapse of Puritanism. Church membership fell and the church itself began to dissipate as the result of a lack of conversion experiences.