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affirmative action ensures the people from all backgrounds are able to advance. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action corrects for generations of wrong-doing and should not be discarded. |
Affirmative action exposes people - at school and in the workplace - to a variety of cultures and ideas that are different from their own, thereby encouraging more tolerant communities. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action is crucial to help correct for years of prejudice. |
affirmative action favors less qualified people at the expense of more qualified people | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action helps to combat bias in hiring practices |
affirmative action forces employers to pick people based on features not merits. | We should end affirmative action | merit alone should be the deciding factor in whether a person is given a career opportunity, and affirmative action is a form of discrimination. |
affirmative action fuels resentment from white men. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action helps to combat bias in hiring practices |
affirmative action give people a chance to get ahead that would not normally be able to. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action is crucial to help correct for years of prejudice. |
affirmative action gives an unfair advantage to minorities leaving potentially better candidates without opportunity. | We should end affirmative action | people should be able to obtain employment on their own merits rather than receiving a step up in the form of affirmative action. |
affirmative action gives extra support and privileged to groups of people that might have been held back in the past.
but today people are no longer suppressed as before so no extra help should be needed. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action is crucial to help correct for years of prejudice. |
affirmative action gives jobs to people who are not qualified for them | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action helps to combat bias in hiring practices |
affirmative action gives minorities a chance at an education | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action is crucial to help correct for years of prejudice. |
affirmative action gives minorities a chance to get into a better school | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action is crucial to help correct for years of prejudice. |
Affirmative action gives no more of an unfair advantage than being born rich. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action corrects for generations of wrong-doing and should not be discarded. |
affirmative action gives opportunities to people who may not otherwise deserve them. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action corrects for generations of wrong-doing and should not be discarded. |
affirmative action gives opportunities to those that have endured discrimination and have been denied opportunities due to their minority status. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action is crucial to help correct for years of prejudice. |
affirmative action gives opportunities to those that have incurred discrimination and have been overlooked for wok, education, etc due to their minority class. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action is crucial to help correct for years of prejudice. |
affirmative action gives opportunities to those who may not deserve it, purely based on a factor of their personal make-up that has no bearing on the job. | We should end affirmative action | merit alone should be the deciding factor in whether a person is given a career opportunity, and affirmative action is a form of discrimination. |
affirmative action gives opportunity to those who might otherwise not be treated fairly. the scales need to be balanced more. | We should end affirmative action | there is so much prejudice in the world that we need to continue affirmative action to bring balance. |
affirmative action gives people unfair benefits over others | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action is basically reverse racism, and racism in any form is wrong. |
affirmative action gives people who are denied employment, educational opportunities, etc due to their minority status. | We should end affirmative action | Affirmative action is a benefit to all of society as it allows disenfranchised communities to rise out of poverty and become independent. |
affirmative action gives some groups an advantage over others and doesn’t prevent discrimination. just because the discrimination is positive still doesn’t make it right. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action is basically reverse racism, and racism in any form is wrong. |
affirmative action gives those who are discriminated against due to appearance, ethnicity and color, giving them a chance for betterment when they would have been disregarded. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action is crucial to help correct for years of prejudice. |
affirmative action goes directly against equality. if we want to achieve true equality affirmative action has to end. it directly favors certain groups over others. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action is basically reverse racism, and racism in any form is wrong. |
affirmative action harms those who choose to work hard all their lives to achieve admission into the nation's greatest universities. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action should be ended as it actually prevents an employer from hiring a better qualified employee and creates negativity in the workplace |
affirmative action has allowed a more diversified work force and student population. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action helps to combat bias in hiring practices |
affirmative action has allowed many people jobs they might not have been able to get otherwise. this is not a bad thing. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action should be ended as it actually prevents an employer from hiring a better qualified employee and creates negativity in the workplace |
affirmative action has done its job and is no longer necessary. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action corrects for generations of wrong-doing and should not be discarded. |
affirmative action has done its job and so is not needed anymore. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action is basically reverse racism, and racism in any form is wrong. |
affirmative action has outlived its usefulness, and now serves to discriminate against non-minorities | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action should be ended as it actually prevents an employer from hiring a better qualified employee and creates negativity in the workplace |
Affirmative action has proven successful in giving more opportunities to succeed to those who otherwise wouldn't have received them, and has created more diverse workplaces and universities. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action corrects for generations of wrong-doing and should not be discarded. |
affirmative action has served its purpose and is no longer needed. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action corrects for generations of wrong-doing and should not be discarded. |
affirmative action helps combat racism. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action corrects for generations of wrong-doing and should not be discarded. |
affirmative action helps level the playing field. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action helps to combat bias in hiring practices |
affirmative action helps people get jobs who otherwise wouldnt be able to get one. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action is crucial to help correct for years of prejudice. |
affirmative action helps to combat bias in hiring practices | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action helps to combat bias in hiring practices |
affirmative action helps to create an equality amongst lower class groups | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action is crucial to help correct for years of prejudice. |
affirmative action helps to protect everyone, regardless of race or sex | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action helps with employment equity. |
affirmative action helps with employment equity. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action helps to combat bias in hiring practices |
affirmative action hurts more people than it helps. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action is basically reverse racism, and racism in any form is wrong. |
affirmative action improves minority representation in areas where these sections of society have been unfairly blocked from in the past - it is merely righting a wrong. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action corrects for generations of wrong-doing and should not be discarded. |
affirmative action in itself is a racist policy. situations should be based on merit, not skin color. | We should end affirmative action | merit alone should be the deciding factor in whether a person is given a career opportunity, and affirmative action is a form of discrimination. |
Affirmative action institutionalizes incompetency and that will lead to worse lives for all. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action should be ended as it actually prevents an employer from hiring a better qualified employee and creates negativity in the workplace |
affirmative action is still needed as minorities are still under represented in certain parts of society. | We should end affirmative action | there is so much prejudice in the world that we need to continue affirmative action to bring balance. |
affirmative action is a bad action. it seems to correct for past injustices but in fact just propagates those injustices in a new form | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action corrects for generations of wrong-doing and should not be discarded. |
affirmative action is a beneficial system to ensure fairness and equality in all areas of society and commerce. making those in power less skewed towards affluent white heterosexual men. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action is crucial to help correct for years of prejudice. |
Affirmative action is a benefit to all of society as it allows disenfranchised communities to rise out of poverty and become independent. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action corrects for generations of wrong-doing and should not be discarded. |
Affirmative action is a decent and proper way to even the playground. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action corrects for generations of wrong-doing and should not be discarded. |
affirmative action is a form of discrimination in itself. | We should end affirmative action | merit alone should be the deciding factor in whether a person is given a career opportunity, and affirmative action is a form of discrimination. |
affirmative action is a form of discrimination that denies opportunities to qualified persons if they are not in a targeted minority group. | We should end affirmative action | merit alone should be the deciding factor in whether a person is given a career opportunity, and affirmative action is a form of discrimination. |
affirmative action is a good tool for past injustices. it is a good tool to give everyone a chance to succeed in society | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action corrects for generations of wrong-doing and should not be discarded. |
affirmative action is a good way of ensuring minorities are given a fair chance at employment and education. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action is crucial to help correct for years of prejudice. |
affirmative action is a way for the less fortunate to improve their financial status | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action is crucial to help correct for years of prejudice. |
affirmative action is a way to redress past wrongs committed against certain groups who otherwise would have trouble getting ahead. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action corrects for generations of wrong-doing and should not be discarded. |
affirmative action is a way to try and right the wrongs of the past | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action corrects for generations of wrong-doing and should not be discarded. |
affirmative action is an insult as it does not give minorities credit for their ability to accomplish things on their own merit. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action is basically reverse racism, and racism in any form is wrong. |
affirmative action is antiquated and not necessary. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action is basically reverse racism, and racism in any form is wrong. |
affirmative action is basically reverse racism, and racism in any form is wrong. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action is basically reverse racism, and racism in any form is wrong. |
affirmative action is basically reverse racism, and racism of any type is wrong. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action is basically reverse racism, and racism in any form is wrong. |
Affirmative action is condescending and patronising by nature, it sends the message that minorities can't succeed on their on. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action gives opportunities to those who may not deserve it, purely based on a factor of their personal make-up that has no bearing on the job. |
affirmative action is contrary to democratic views. one should be rewarded trough merit and not any kind of bias | We should end affirmative action | people should be able to obtain employment on their own merits rather than receiving a step up in the form of affirmative action. |
Affirmative action is counter productive - instead of helping minorities it simply puts them in a permanent position of neediness | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action is basically reverse racism, and racism in any form is wrong. |
affirmative action is crucial to help correct for years of prejudice. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action corrects for generations of wrong-doing and should not be discarded. |
affirmative action is damaging to minorities, since it make the implicit suggestion that they are unable to succeed in life by their own hand. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action should be ended as it actually prevents an employer from hiring a better qualified employee and creates negativity in the workplace |
affirmative action is damaging to people from minority groups who gain their position through their own merit | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action should be ended as it actually prevents an employer from hiring a better qualified employee and creates negativity in the workplace |
affirmative action is discriminatory and should be banned | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action is basically reverse racism, and racism in any form is wrong. |
affirmative action is discriminatory and unnecessary in the 21st century | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action corrects for generations of wrong-doing and should not be discarded. |
affirmative action is good for women, minorities and anyone else who has been discriminated in the past. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action corrects for generations of wrong-doing and should not be discarded. |
affirmative action is helpful in ensuring multiculturalism | We should end affirmative action | there is so much prejudice in the world that we need to continue affirmative action to bring balance. |
affirmative action is important because it helps so many people in their lives. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action corrects for generations of wrong-doing and should not be discarded. |
affirmative action is in a way just another form of descrimination. no one should receive extra benefits just based on their race or sex. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action is basically reverse racism, and racism in any form is wrong. |
Affirmative action is in itself racist and creats hostility and distrust. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action is basically reverse racism, and racism in any form is wrong. |
affirmative action is incredibly important to ensure visibility and equality are strived for, in a society where systemic racism, sexism and homophobia are ingrained in a systems of commerce. | We should end affirmative action | there is so much prejudice in the world that we need to continue affirmative action to bring balance. |
affirmative action is ineffective in ensuring quality education | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action should be ended as it actually prevents an employer from hiring a better qualified employee and creates negativity in the workplace |
affirmative action is just a fancy name for reverse racism, or simply, racism. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action is basically reverse racism, and racism in any form is wrong. |
affirmative action is just another form of racism. there's no place left for that in our society. level the playing field a little. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action is basically reverse racism, and racism in any form is wrong. |
Affirmative action is just another way of making the play-field uneven, it may had value in the past, but now it is just immortalising the inequality. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action is basically reverse racism, and racism in any form is wrong. |
affirmative action is just discrimination in the reverse and it should be stopped. | We should end affirmative action | merit alone should be the deciding factor in whether a person is given a career opportunity, and affirmative action is a form of discrimination. |
affirmative action is just one data point on a list of factors and it helps those get an opportunity they may not of otherwise had gotten because of socioeconomic factors | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action is crucial to help correct for years of prejudice. |
affirmative action is just racism in a pretty dress. we need to end this now. we cannot allow racism to be okay in any format. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action is basically reverse racism, and racism in any form is wrong. |
Affirmative action is necessary in order to compensate minorities for centuries of slavery and oppression. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action corrects for generations of wrong-doing and should not be discarded. |
affirmative action is necessary to end the discrimination that has happened over the years and present equal opportunities to all and this will result in a well balanced community. | We should end affirmative action | there is so much prejudice in the world that we need to continue affirmative action to bring balance. |
affirmative action is necessary to help level the playing field in jobs and society. | We should end affirmative action | there is so much prejudice in the world that we need to continue affirmative action to bring balance. |
affirmative action is necessary to make up for the wrongs inflicted on minorities | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action corrects for generations of wrong-doing and should not be discarded. |
affirmative action is necessary to rectify the damage done by past injustices, such as slavery. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action corrects for generations of wrong-doing and should not be discarded. |
affirmative action is needed to compensate for many decades of discrimination | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action corrects for generations of wrong-doing and should not be discarded. |
affirmative action is needed to correct the imbalance that was created by years of oppression against non white males. this dominance remains prevalent today and affirmative action helps restore a balance. | We should end affirmative action | there is so much prejudice in the world that we need to continue affirmative action to bring balance. |
affirmative action is needed to give the minorities a fair chance at success and stops discrimination in the work force. | We should end affirmative action | there is so much prejudice in the world that we need to continue affirmative action to bring balance. |
affirmative action is needed to right the wrongs of our past treatment of certain minorities. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action corrects for generations of wrong-doing and should not be discarded. |
Affirmative action is needed, and in fact it is only a small step to compensate minorities for centuries of oppression and inequality. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action corrects for generations of wrong-doing and should not be discarded. |
affirmative action is no longer necessary | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action corrects for generations of wrong-doing and should not be discarded. |
affirmative action is no longer necessary as more minorities are able to prove to employers that they are worthy workers. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action should be ended as it actually prevents an employer from hiring a better qualified employee and creates negativity in the workplace |
affirmative action is no longer necessary as there are now very few barriers for people entering the workplace. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action should be ended as it actually prevents an employer from hiring a better qualified employee and creates negativity in the workplace |
affirmative action is no longer necessary in modern society. society is much more equitable and fair to all persons than in history and society can self monitor and self adjust better than before. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action is crucial to help correct for years of prejudice. |
affirmative action is no longer needed and should be ended | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action corrects for generations of wrong-doing and should not be discarded. |
affirmative action is no longer needed as we are now a very diverse society | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action should be ended as it actually prevents an employer from hiring a better qualified employee and creates negativity in the workplace |
affirmative action is no longer needed in today’s society | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action corrects for generations of wrong-doing and should not be discarded. |
affirmative action is no longer needed when everyone has a fair opportunity. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action should be ended as it actually prevents an employer from hiring a better qualified employee and creates negativity in the workplace |
affirmative action is no longer needed. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action should be ended as it actually prevents an employer from hiring a better qualified employee and creates negativity in the workplace |
affirmative action is not fair to people that worked hard to earn a position | We should end affirmative action | merit alone should be the deciding factor in whether a person is given a career opportunity, and affirmative action is a form of discrimination. |
affirmative action is not fair to the rest of the people and knowing that should not be implemented. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action should be ended as it actually prevents an employer from hiring a better qualified employee and creates negativity in the workplace |
affirmative action is not good for businesses because it force them to look for people race over talent that's why we should end it. | We should end affirmative action | affirmative action should be ended as it actually prevents an employer from hiring a better qualified employee and creates negativity in the workplace |
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