Affirmative Action is Ineffective

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Throughout the world America is referred to as the land of opportunity a place where opportunity is limitless, but is that so called limitless opportunity available and equal for all? For years Affirmative Action has tried to level the laying field, but its black field workers are still being oppressed. It is evident that Affirmative action is ineffective with the differences in the number of employed black's compared to whites and their difficulties to get and keep a job, blacks repetition in society has been tarnished due to stereotypes, and blacks face hidden discrimination. Allover America people are loosing their jobs and struggling to fide another. Compared to its white population blacks have a substantially higher difficulty in finding work. The unemployment rate for blacks is double the rate for whites. If the number of job opportunity's is equal for blacks and whites then why is there such a enormous gap between the two. How can you view Affirmative Action as a successful means of equalizing blacks and whites chances to find work when they are light years apart from being even remotely close to each other. As time progresses the gap between the two only gets bigger and bigger as more blacks lose their jobs and add on to the unemployment rate. Across the country blacks struggle to find decent work and many fall short day after day year after year. For blacks it is had to fine work whether you are college educated and meet all the criteria for a job or not. As unemployment rates grow the unemployment rate for blacks grows faster than whites blacks are fired from their jobs more frequently than whites. How can this be if Affirmative Action did what it was suppose to do. Affirmative Action has been ineffective in the r... ... middle of paper ... ...liable sources. I will use this source to show discrimination can be hidden. Green, Laura. "Stereotypes:Negative Racial Stereotypes and Their Effect on Attitudes Toward African-Americans." VCU Counseling Services. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Nov. 2013. This article is about how racial stereotypes affect society view of blacks. This source comes from a creditable educational institution. I will use this source to show that many blacks don't get jobs they are well suited for because society has a negative view of blacks. Katz, Eric. "African Americans Still Face Obstacles in Federal Workplace, Report Finds." - Oversight. N.p., Mar.-Apr. 2013. Web. 10 Nov. 2013. this article is about the obstacles that blacks face in the workplace today. this source comes from a creditable publisher. I will use this source to show the difficulties blacks face even now to get and keep a job.

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