Affirmative action policies are often highly debated. Many believe they are justified while others say they commit the same injustices they are trying to make up for. Which side do you fall on?

1. Affirmative Action:
Necessary or
Discriminative?
Mitchell Albrecht

2. Definition
• An action or policy favoring those who tend to
suffer from discrimination, especially in relation to
employment or education
• These people are often disadvantaged for various
historical reasons like slavery, oppression, or
gender discrimination

3. Is it necessary?
• Are Emily and Greg More Employable than Lakisha and
Jamal?
• 5,000 fictitious job applications sent to companies with
help wanted ads in newspapers throughout Boston and
Chicago
• Emily and Greg receive 50% more callbacks

4. Is it discriminative?
• “Reverse Discrimination”
• Increase in the amount of cases concerning “reverse
discrimination”
• Yahoo gender discrimination accusations,
• [Abigail] Fischer vs. University of Texas (2013)

5. Questions
• Are affirmative action policies something we need
in today’s society? Why?
• If not, how can we make sure all are being
treated equally in regards to employment and
admissions?

6. Works Cited
• Bertrand, Marianne, and Sendhil Mullainathan. "Are Emily and Greg More
Employable than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market
Discrimination." The American Economic Review 94.4 (2003): n.
pag. JSTOR [JSTOR]. Web. 7 Nov. 2016.
• Hannah-Jones, Nikole. "What Abigail Fisher’s Affirmative Action Case Was
Really About." ProPublica. Pro Publica, Inc., 24 June 2016. Web. 07
Nov. 2016.
• Lee, Wendy. "Yahoo Faces Gender Discrimination Lawsuits from Two
Men." San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Corporation, 17 Oct.
2016. Web. 07 Nov. 2016.