???AFFIRMATIVE ACTION???
- What is Affirmative Action???
Affirmative Action is what was presented by the government as a way of "balancing" or making jobs and education equal for all ethnic groups. This means that the government proposed on bringing up the numbers of "minorities" present in jobs and work that had been previously been dominated by non-minorities. The role of Affirmative Action is to give benefits to those people including Latinos, African-Americans, Native-Americans, Women, and any other underrepresented groups.
- What is Proposition 209???
Proposition 209 is what has recently been brought up in California to end Affirmative Action. Due to the high numbers of Mexican-Americans. The proposition will take away a lot from communities especially in Southern California. The Mexican-Americans will lose advantages as far as jobs are concerned and especially in regards to schools. This affects this entire community because the majority of them are poor to lower middle class and have a hard time affording state tuition. Programs like EOP in NY will disappear!
- Why should NY be worried???
As one of the next states in immigration and minority population it has been usual for NY to follow up on incidents such as this. Government propositions that take effect in California usually have a tendency to rise up in NY and vise versa. Programs that can ultimately benefit you in he future like EOP, HEOP, and Scholarships for "minorities" will disappear. Now what is happening in the NY and New York City school systems? The following link will help you know... >>> (City University of NY / State University of NY)
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