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Affirmative Action for Women Works
by Zubin Jelveh
Mar 21, 2008
Mar 21, 2008
The strongest criticism against affirmative action is that in trying to achieve diversity in the office or at school, fairness is sacrificed.
The fear is that a white male with excellent credentials will be passed over and a job, promotion, or college acceptance will get handed to someone with inferior skills.
And on the surface, this critique makes sense: if these women or non-white men were just as good -- or better -- than their Mitt Romney-esque counterparts, wouldn't they already be well-represented?
But not only may that thinking be mostly wrongheaded, but it could be the case that when affirmative action isn't used, a candidate pool suffers -- at least when looking at women.
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