In the years of democracy, the social patterns on
discrimination with access to education, employment and economic wealth,
predominantly
in the public sector, remain intact. The only difference in that now the
tables
has been turned around.
Affirmative Action is supposed to be a programme
designed to
end the unfair balances in the public sector, but is it not justifying
racism
by its own actions? Its policies judge people solely on skin colour and
gender;
that’s discrimination in its self.
Discrimination can’t be a remedy for imbalances
caused by
our past. No programme can be considered as good when it hurts others.
Affirmative
Action strives to help minorities and women to be recognised more in the
public
sector, but in the process reverse discrimination has taken place.
For that reason, Affirmative Action shows
ineffectiveness in
the public sector because the aim of this sector is to cater for the
entire
public, not a certain group of people within the public.
This cannot be an affirmative programme if there is
a form
of discrimination involved. Instead of choosing a candidate for a job or
for
school admission based on their skin colour or gender, only their
capabilities
and qualifications should be taken into consideration.
Why should some people get special preferences over
others? It
is just not correct. There should be no special treatments and no
special
preferences given to certain individuals. Everyone has an opportunity to
advance in this country; you just have to take the initiative.
Yes, this comes from a young black professional from a "previously" disadvantaged background
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