Legal and Ethical Issues for Mental Health beginning, it has long since outlived any usefulness it may have had. That it ever had any usefulness is questionable, based on comparisons between overall black populations socioeconomic standing today and that of the mid-1960’s. Today, it is little more than a scapegoat behind which inferior performance can hid very well, and that scapegoat’s upkeep has become far too extravagant in today’s society. “We didn’t land on Plymouth Rock my brothers and sisters--Plymouth Rock landed on us,” Malcolm X’s observation is brought out by the facts of America history. Snatched from their native land transported thousands of miles--in a nightmare of disease and death and sold into slavery blacks were reduced into the legal status of farm animals. Even after emancipation, blacks were segregated from whites--in some states by law, in social practice almost everywhere. American apartheid continued for another century. In 1954 the Supreme Court declared state compelled segregation in schools unconstitutional, and it followed up that decisions with others that struck down many other forms of official segregation. Still discrimination survived, and in most southern states blacks were either discouraged or prohibited from excersizing their rights to vote. Not until the 1960’s was compulsory segregation finally and effectively challenged. Between 1964 and 1968 congress passed the most sweeping legislation since the end of the Civil War. It banned discrimination in employment, public accommodation,( hotels, motels, restaurants, etc.), and housing; it also guaranteed voting rights for blacks in areas suspected of disenfranchising blacks. Today, several agencies in the federal government excursive sweeping powers to enforce these civil rights measures. After the United States congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, it became apparent that certain business traditions, such as seniority, status and aptitude tests, prevented total equality in employment. The president Lyndon B. Johnson decided something needed to be done to remedy these flaws. On September 24, 1965 he issued an Executive Order #11246 at Howard University that required federal contractors “to take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed... without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin.” When President Johnson signed that order, he enacted one of the most discriminating pieces of legislation since the Jim Crow laws were passed. Affirmative action was first created in effort to help minorities leap the discriminative barriers that were ever so present when the bill first took action in 1965. However, since that time affirmative action has evolved into many different misunderstandings among not only the constituents it was designed to open the doors
Jalen M. Neal November 16, 2012 Writing 101 Affirmative Action….Oh seriously? Affirmative action is a policy that requires a specific percentage of minorities and women be represented in business, educational institutions, and government offices. President Lyndon Johnson first used the term “affirmative action” in a 1965 executive order that required federal contractors to “take affirmative action” to guarantee that job seekers and employees “are treated without regard to their race…
Implementing an Affirmative Action Plan Affirmative action was created so people wouldn’t be discriminated against no matter what their race, color, religion, gender or national origin is. It was created to equalize education and employment opportunities. Although this plan was created there are still signs of discrimination in this business world today. So many people fought to end segregation but it still seems to be a problem in some areas throughout the world. There is much dilemma in how…
running operations, and cause disruptions in their market. After coming to this realization, it got me thinking if society was truly suffering, or operating smoothly without EO. Another article I read by “Phil for Humanity” (Phil B) mentions how many organizations only enforce equal opportunity to prevent any type of affirmative action lawsuits, and enforce the law for all the wrong reasons. This phrase got me thinking how vague, and “grey” the whole equal opportunity law actually can be. With the majority…
Affirmative Action Katie Narloch, Tyler Young, Josh Barr, Aaron Broadwater University of Wisconsin Whitewater Abstract The objective of this paper is to inform readers on the topic of Affirmative Action. This paper will explore the history, importance, supporters and critics, organizational roles, and connections of affirmative action. Affirmative action is a controversial and often poorly understood topic. Affirmative Action is a policy that emphasizes a particular attention on jobs and…
1. Describe the history of Affirmative Action in America and does it result in unfair and immoral hiring practices? 2. When a government executes a citizen, the Death Penalty, is it acting as a sole moral agent or does it act on behalf of its citizenry and is its conduct moral? 3. If abortion is either moral or immoral, does that mean that the decision to abort is a purely subjective or objective? 4. Is the legalization of drugs moral or immoral and why did the states criminalize drug…
never really knew the extent of their job, but I always knew that it require them to do a lot of paperwork and select applicants with the qualifications they are looking for. Learning that the management team also plays a part in the job of HR, allowed me to see the picture as a whole. The backbone of every company is the Human Resource Management team, they are the ones who can make or break the company. Human Resource Management is management of human skills and talents to make sure they are effectively…
evidence to prove this incident was racially motivated. This incident is important to me because I want to know that when I’m walking home wearing a hoodie, I will be safe. I also believe that racially equality in education is important. Many strides have been made to improve access to education by all people no matter race, gender or religion. However, studies have shown that the elimination of affirmative action in the educational system in…
determine what they are in the political world. I personally do not follow politics like other people older than me do, but I do consider myself to be a moderate democrat. Both of my parents are democrats, and they choose to be of this political spectrum because they feel like the Democratic Party represents them. They feel as they stand for policies that will better them as people. With me, I am my own person so I take in the considerations of my parents’ choice, but also make my own decisions. I do…
with racial mindsets. The strengths and weaknesses of Affirmative Action policy have mixed emotions in America as some feel it’s fair to give an equal opportunity to everyone no matter the educational background and so on. The other end feels that this is counter racial and unfair to these cultures because they feel they should not have to pay for their ancestors actions of the past. Well first what really is affirmative action? Affirmative action is nondiscrimination requires the elimination of…
There’s many resource out there like public school that are willing to have program for those student who need it. The affirmative action also supports the right for minorities to have more opportunities in education and be able to overcome all the obstacles. As result of this resources student will be able to contribute in the nation by having a high education. Just like the Affirmative action sated anyone so be able to achieve and education therefore minorities shouldn’t have limited resources opportunities…