Affirmative Action: An Inconvenient Case of Systemic Racism in University Admissions
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Affirmative Action as a concept refers to the set of initiatives taken by institutions like universities and corporations to artificially ensure diversity quotas are met. Although Affirmative Action is commonly marketed as an inclusivity initiative and perceived as using ‘holistic admissions’ criteria as tie breakers between equally qualified applicants, the actual methodologies of the practice give certain races preferential treatment over other races. It’s ironic that Affirmative Action was put in place to make amends for systemically racist practices like Jim Crow but is itself a form of systemic racism which is defined as:
Affirmative Action: An Inconvenient Case of Systemic Racism in University Admissions
Affirmative Action: An Inconvenient Case of…
Affirmative Action: An Inconvenient Case of Systemic Racism in University Admissions
Affirmative Action as a concept refers to the set of initiatives taken by institutions like universities and corporations to artificially ensure diversity quotas are met. Although Affirmative Action is commonly marketed as an inclusivity initiative and perceived as using ‘holistic admissions’ criteria as tie breakers between equally qualified applicants, the actual methodologies of the practice give certain races preferential treatment over other races. It’s ironic that Affirmative Action was put in place to make amends for systemically racist practices like Jim Crow but is itself a form of systemic racism which is defined as: