Affirmative Action.....yay or nay?

SSatVT · 06-04-2009, 02:47 PM

I guess I would have to say that I was for it when it was created (before my time), but in its current state in the Unites States I am almost completely against it.

I know of and have read of many people being turned down for jobs/higher education because they did not meet the demographic criteria, but their professional portfolio was either in-line or above the mean being accepted.

In a professional sense it should be completely about your background and how you conduct yourself; not what skin color or religion you are.

So basically I say NAY. I think affirmative action should no longer be present in the US and that it should continue to be illegal to discriminate against races, sexes, and religion in a professional setting (employment, education, housing, and economics).

That is about as far as I can take my view without getting political.

06-04-2009, 02:47 PM	#3
SSatVT Still Watching My Back Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Seth Location: Triad, NC Posts: 102 Trading: (2)	Re: Affirmative Action.....yay or nay? I guess I would have to say that I was for it when it was created (before my time), but in its current state in the Unites States I am almost completely against it. I know of and have read of many people being turned down for jobs/higher education because they did not meet the demographic criteria, but their professional portfolio was either in-line or above the mean being accepted. In a professional sense it should be completely about your background and how you conduct yourself; not what skin color or religion you are. So basically I say NAY. I think affirmative action should no longer be present in the US and that it should continue to be illegal to discriminate against races, sexes, and religion in a professional setting (employment, education, housing, and economics). That is about as far as I can take my view without getting political. __________________