The Failures Of Affirmative Ac
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Once upon a time, there were two people who went to an interview
for only one job position at the same company. The first person
attended a prestigious and highly academic university, had years of work
experience in the field and, in the mind of the employer, had the
potential to make a posit ....
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.... done to remedy these flaws. On September 24, 1965, he issued
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 (Civil Rights).” When Lyndon Banes Johnson signed that order, he
enacted one of the most discriminating pieces of legislature since the
Jim Crow Laws were passed.
Affirmative action was created in an effort to ....
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