Affirmative Action's Lack Of Usefulness
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...staff writer Introduction When affirmative action policies were instituted, there was little chance that an educated and qualified black man or woman of any color could break into the corporate world by any means except that of growing their own. At IBM, AT&T, or any other company of a large size and a recognizable name, the chances were all but nonexistent. The original intent of affirmative action was to make those large and established companies accessible to people who were of either race or gender that prevented them from advancing to any level of responsibility. At the time, only the white male was so eligible. Justice John Marshall Harlan had said, "There is no caste here. Our Constitution is color-blind" (Roberts and Stratton, 1995; p. 36). Indeed, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 contained language that is far removed from the situation in which we have found ourselves today. After more than 30 years of evolution of the act and of more than enough time in which to judge affirmative action's effectiveness, the only logical conclusion in light...
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