Affirmative Action Policies
Affirmation policies are those that are put in place by organizations, whether they are state-owned or privately-owned, in an effort to try and improve the opportunities and chances for the minority groups in order to balance the gender participation and possibilities because historical examples show that women and minority groups in particular have suffered disadvantages. After the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, affirmative action was used in an effort to give women and members of underrepresented groups equal opportunity in the workplace and in school. In 1961, President Kennedy referred to the term “affirmative action” for the first time in an Executive Order that he used to direct the government contractors to take “affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin”.
Factors Influencing Reactions to Affirmative Action
Research shows that many different factors influence people’s reactions to the affirmative action, including the characteristics of the program and the features of the individual and that the persistence of the prejudice and discrimination is one of the primary reasons why the policy is still needed today and will still be required in the future. It is expected that in coming years researchers will produce quality results of affirmative action and its role in promoting effectiveness and fairness across various settings. This study will, therefore, focus on how the affirmative policies should be legislated and the considerations it should incorporate, the attitudes towards them as well as how they have helped the minority groups and brought about the gender considerations that favor women, who have been considered as the disadvantaged in the current society.
