Download This PaperTen Arguments Against Affirmative Action: How Valid?
11 Pages Posted: 27 Jun 2012
Date Written: 1998
Abstract
Reviews and answers some of the most common arguments against affirmative action, including that it violates the merit principle, is unfair to innocent whites, stigmatizes its beneficiaries, and enshrines unequal treatment on account of race.
Keywords: affirmative action, race, civil rights, equality, stigma
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Delgado, Richard, Ten Arguments Against Affirmative Action: How Valid? (1998). Alabama Law Review, Vol. 50, No. 135, 1998, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2094550
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