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1. â€Å"Affirmative Action began as a plan to equalize the educational, employment, and contracting opportunities for minorities and women with opportunities given to their white, male counterparts.† There’s a difference between equal opportunity and affirmative action policies. â€Å"Equal employment opportunity (EEO) means freedom from discrimination on the basis of protected classes such as race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, disability or genetic information.† Affirmative action is considered to be an honest and social obligation to alter historical wrong doings and disregard the present effects of past discrimination. Personally, I don’t believe in the term â€Å"reverse discrimination† because discrimination in any form is†¦show more content†¦Ã¢â‚¬Å"A body of scientific research over the past 50 years shows that people notice race, as well as gender, wealth, and even weight.† Should racial identities matter? I don’t think so. We should see the person for who they are and not what color of skin they have. I like the say â€Å"don’t judge a book by its cover† because I believe that you should get to know a person before you make any sort of judgment or evaluations of them. There is something called the power of racial bias, which is often concealed. Some think that calling it a racial bias lessens the blow of being called a racist. â€Å"People claiming bias can admit they may have acted in racially insensitive ways but were unaware of their subconscious motivations.† Someone can think racist thoughts, but never actually behave in a racist manner. Most people don’t self-identify as a racist because they don’t take any action upon it. People think that just because they don’t act upon it, that they shouldn’t be considered racist; however, thoughts and views can be a small form of racism. For example, if you saw a large black man at night – would you be a little scared? What about if that man were white? 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