Word: action
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hair sample was discovered in a deep freezer in the house of Paula's parents, where she and husband Robert had been staying. Paula was indicted on charges of concealing a homicide and obstructing justice in both cases. Last week a grand jury added charges of murdering Heather. No action was taken against Robert, but police consider him a suspect. Seventeen-month-old Randy Sims did not share the terrible fate of his sisters; he was perfectly healthy when taken into protective custody...
...them, is a conservative backlash. These policies have fostered the idea that Blacks will eternally require more preferential treatment (i.e. are innately inferior) and that Blacks will never develop the work ethic of American political culture, among other of its aspects. In the workplace and the university, affirmative action leaves the nagging suspicion among all involved that Blacks are taking the place of more qualified whites...
...these programs are justified because there are whites alive today who have benefited from past Black enslavement is equally problematic since affirmative action programs do not distinguish between the rich white from the Deep South and the poor white from Alaska...
...reverse side, affirmative action does not differentiate among Blacks whose life prospects have not been affected by slavery. Sons and daughters of wealthy Blacks benefit just as well as poor inner-city youths. The proper role of affirmative action is to seek out qualified minorities actively and promote them when they are indeed best suited for the positions in question...
WHERE affirmative action suffers in principle, welfare suffers in practice. There is no doubt that any civilized society is responsible for the welfare of its citizens. And here is the true task of welfare--to make sure that its recipients and the children of recipients are guaranteed equal opportunity...