affimative action
... By contrast, most blacks support affirmative action as indispensable to fighting the enduring effects of white racism. In the business world the ethics of affirmative action have come under scrutiny. ... Affirmative action is a program defended in the name of equality whose actual purpose is to redistribute inequality. Affirmative action does not try to expand general wealth and opportunities. ... Supporters of affirmative action argue that certain groups have been treated unfairly throughout history and deserve an advantage. ... For as supporters see it, affirmative action is a exercise in compensatory justice. ... Despite these advantages and logical arguments, there is an aggressive oppositition movement against affirmative action. ... Was this discrimination or a fair use of affirmative action? ... If anything, the fairest use of affirmative action would have been to fire the black teacher.