White women.
Recently obtained documents from the Justice Department indicate the
Trump administration is planning to target affirmative action on university campuses, likely arguing that it discriminates
against white college applicants.
Ironically, the group that affirmative action helps the most is also one of its most stringent opponents. Statistics show that
white women benefit immensely from affirmative action, but according to Vox, they are also among those who most want to see it abolished.
The numbers prove it: After two decades of affirmative action, it was white women who held the majority of managerial jobs, compared to African American, Latino, and Asian American women (the supposed beneficiaries of these policies), according to a 1995 report by the
California Senate Government Organization Committee. Across the board, affirmative action helped women obtain success in the labor market.
While white women like Fisher argue against affirmative action on the basis that the policy is reverse discrimination, and that schools should be blind to race and gender, they essentially are fighting against the very policies that have helped progress for women of all backgrounds over the past four decades. As women continue to fight for
equal rights and pay in the workforce, advocating against affirmative action would be more detrimental than ever.
On Tuesday evening, the New York Times revealed a new bombshell. Recently obtained documents from the Justice Department indicate the Trump administration is planning to target affirmative action on university campuses, likely arguing that it…
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