Affirmative Action

Question 1

Exaggerated Qualifications Argument (affirmative)

Answer 1

The advantaged have exaggerated qualifications compared to the minorities because they had time to get better than everyone else who was oppressed

Question 2

Social utility argument (affirmative)

Answer 2

society needs more African American doctors and lawyers, because people have a preference to work and deal with people of their own race, ethnicity, and sex

Question 3

Reparations (AA)

Answer 3

compensation for past injustices

Question 4

Role Models

Answer 4

provides role models, opening the eyes of a new generation to what is possible for them

Question 5

Logical flaw of affirmative action

Answer 5

supposed to be a remedy for discrimination, but all they seem to do is discriminate on different grounds

Question 6

Nancy DiTomaso - view on White People Networks

Answer 6

It is not discrimination against African-Americans, but rather favoritism towards fellow white Americans that creates the cycle of only white people in high-paying positions

Question 7

Nancy DiTomaso - views on Affirmative Action

Answer 7

Those opposed to Affirmative Action are those with less marketable skills, who want that backdoor to exist where they can compete for jobs through favoritism rather than pure meritocracy