The Implicit Truth: The Biases that Make Affirmative Action Necessary
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More than fifty years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, affirmative action remains an important and debated policy in America. It was necessary to implement affirmative action in response to the discrimination that plagued America. Critics of affirmative action claim that the restrictions placed on higher education and the workplace to accommodate minorities are no longer needed. By identifying the implicit forms of racism in today’s society, as well as proving that gaps in achievement, employment, and wage exist, this paper refutes the claims of those who call for the elimination of affirmative action and suggests that it should remain intact.
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