opinionated paper - Affirmative Action: Solution or Confusion? Affirmative action is a plan designed to end discrimination by guaranteeing minorities will be hired, regardless of race or gender. While our country hires such groups based upon these guarantees, the qualifications of such people are occasionally overlooked. Many believe that affirmative action is a very effective plan; however, the population which opposes such action frequently includes people of various minorities, as well as many others who …showed first 75 words of 1121 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1121 total…qualified people would be hired, and there could be no accusations of choosing a person solely on their race or gender. We live in a country where a certain percent of the work force is hired based entirely on their race or gender, not their qualifications. It is quite obvious that affirmative action does not fulfill the intended purpose; contrary to its objective, this plan has only created more discrimination than could ever be imagined.