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3) Fill in blanks/answer questions

Affirmative

Action

Government policies that grant jobs, promotions, admission to school, and other benefits to minority groups

2. Minority population; being or relating

to the smaller in number of two parts

3. Why did Affirmative Action start?

4. Why did Affirmative Action start?

• Past injustices against U.S. minority populations have left with less opportunity

• Affirmative Action is to make up for past discrimination and increase diversity

• Increase Diversity: Get more minorities hired and admitted to college to “level the playing field” between minorities and whites

Let’s look at some opinion graphs on Affirmative Action

Where do Americans stand on this

issue?

5. Do you think affirmative action programs in hiring, promoting, and college admissions should be continued or do you think

these affirmative action programs should be abolished?

6.Whether Democrat, Republican or Independent; Black community supports Affirmative Action

7. Do you generally favor or oppose affirmative action programs for racial minorities?

8. Study the Political Cartoon- Is it supporting or criticizing Affirmative Action?

Supporting Affirmative Action

Overall, higher numbers of Blacks live in poverty

Higher numbers go to poor public schools

Black community has harsher circumstances

Their chances are not equal; but he thinks so

9. Study the Political Cartoon- Is it supporting or criticizing Affirmative Action?

Against (criticizing) Affirmative Action

Top of mountain; Privileged population claiming affirmative action is unfair

Bottom of mountain: Minority population cheating to get opportunities

10. Colin Powell and Affirmative Action Video Clip (start 2:45)

• Grew up in South Bronx, New York

• Served in Vietnam War• Decorated military

commander• Became U.S. General• Secretary of State from

2001-2005 • Supporter of Barack

Obama

• http://us.cnn.com/video/?/video/politics/2009/07/05/sotu.intv.powell.part.3.cnn

Turn over to the backside

• Part # 1 and Part # 2 done together

• Part #3 done through slides- observe and identify the answers

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On your Own

• Use the folders at your table to complete the remaining questions