Question

What is the argument that people used against affirmative action?

Answer 1

Arguments AGAINST Affirmative Action: Affirmative action is reverse discrimination. The past discrimination against certain minority groups does not justify present discrimination against non-minorities. All people are equal under the laws of the United States of America and should be treated accordingly.

Answer 2

The correct answer is: "reverse discrimination".

Detractors of affirmative action policies claim that, when designing programs that clearly favour a minority group, in order to compensate for the previously suffered discrimination, new discrimination is taking place against other human groups that do not enjoy the privilege. This new form of discrimination, which appears as a side-effect of affirmative actions, is called reverse discrimination.