Talk:Affirmative action in the United States/Archives/2022

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Affirmative Action in Higher Education
The article is in need of a section that specifically talks about Affirmative action in higher education, in its role in reaching racial quotas that increased opportunities for people of color and from underrepresented/marginalized communities to go to college or university. This could also include the relevant court cases that overruled its use. Yajzel V (talk) 04:11, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

Work needed on "Public opinion regarding affirmative action" section
The "Public opinion regarding affirmative action" section has a number of issues: I'm willing to put in some work on this, but definitely want to hear everyone's thoughts before jumping in. Thanks! ElleTheBelle 17:20, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
 * The whole section misses the point: Americans are generally supportive of unspecified "efforts to increase diversity"—but a large majority oppose any preferences in hiring, admissions, etc. Both things fall under the rubric of "affirmative action". This is neither contradictory nor the result of seesawing in opinion; it has been consistently true since the birth of federal affirmative action programs.
 * The first part sort of describes this, but is far too weakly stated: Americans consistently approve of "affirmative action" and widely disapprove of preferences in admissions, hiring, etc. "Likely", "may have", "generally", and other qualifiers aren't necessary. And it's not "considerations based on race" that is opposed—it's preferences, period.
 * The rest of the section is kind of a mess—rather than clarifying the above and giving a general overview, we have seemingly random and contradictory citations of individual polls. A description of long-term trends is more helpful to our readers than a couple points—although it may be worth including one or two, with an emphasis on recent ones.
 * "The following polls only discuss affirmative action in higher education" in the first paragraph is false—some of the cited material covers employment, etc.

Human Rights Transgression
According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, affirmative action - or any similar policies - amounts to human rights abuse. This includes policies based on racial preference, gender preference, nationality or political opinion. Article 2 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states:

"Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty."

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