Affirmative Action - Civil Rights Movement

It was part of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, it attempts to redress past discrimination through active measures to ensure equal opportunity. The Affirmative Action Policy is as strong as it has ever been before. Since the civil rights movement of the 1960s the idea of diversity has become increasingly more desirable. Diversity in an organization is no longer just praised; it is required. Even organizations that are created for a specific group must open themselves to diversity. Although a large majority of people support it, some feel it has worn out its political welcome. Some people don't understand that if it weren’t for this, policy racial minorities and many other people would be put at a major disadvantage in the work and major educational places. 

Originally this civil rights program was enacted to help African Americans become full citizens of the United States. Today it is helping out all minorities in general get treated equally Affirmative action is defined as the equal opportunities given to women, minorities, and small groups so they will have the same tools, education, and allotment to achieve their goals in life. The reality is that there are a lot of ignorant people out there who are still very prejudice. Unfortunately some of these people hold high powered jobs in companies or colleges and they are responsible for hiring a person for the job or accepting a person to attend college. The Affirmative action policy simply wants to stop this from happening by increasing the representation of women and minorities in areas of employment, education, and business from which they have been excluded.