Define affirmative action and describe the two views: reverse discrimination/racism and undoing discrimination/racism. How effective have affirmative action policies been for African Americans? For women? (Use evidence from your text to answer this question). Based upon the information presented in the text, should affirmative action policies be abolished or continued? Why? Are there other alternatives to equal opportunity? Support your answer. I don’t want biases, personal anecdotes, or simplistic thinking here. In order to earn full credit in this post, you will need to show thorough knowledge of the arguments made in the Farley text.

text: Farley, J. (2012). Majority-Minority Relations (6th ed.), Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hal

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Affirmative action is a policy that is aimed at protecting the rights of minorities. This action favors people who have been discriminated against by leveling the playing field and allowing for equal opportunities especially in employment and education. Reverse discrimination on the other hand involves discrimination against members of a majority group in favor of a minority group that may have been initially discriminated against. Undoing discrimination suggests that past discrimination against a particular group of people can be undone by the use of affirmative action (Farley, 2012). In my…..

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