affirmative action

Affirmative Action


Affirmative action generally in the US means that companies try to promote candidates who are minorities. Affirmative action is needed for various of reasons.
One is for class reasons. As long as blacks (or Hispanics or Native Americans, affirmative action is rarely employed for Asians) get significantly lower incomes than whites, and possess significantly less capitol, then they will always be a discrete, separate class. Only when economic parity is achieved will the issues of racism be able to be realistically challenged. And until that time, affirmative action is needed.
The second reason is for continued racism today. While Jim Crow laws have disappeared, subconscious (and conscious) racism still exists. White managers may be subconsciously inclined to think blacks aren't as intelligent as whites, and thus less likely to hire them for jobs. Or they may outright refuse to hire them. Racial discrimination cases continue to be filed across corporate A...