Politics: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
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The first Civil Rights event to be examined would be Affirmative Action, since it offers equal opportunity employment for minorities as a way to prevent dissemination in the workplace. In the early 1960s, Affirmative Action was first implemented by President John F. Kennedy through "Executive Order No.10925" to ensure that minorities would not be discriminated against in the predominantly white workforce. Social responsibility in terms of federal government and state agencies, such as California, improved the cooperation of private business, which increasingly allowed minority workers in the labor market. More so, private business voluntarily follows Affirmative Action in one case study done …show more content…
Police violence has been an issue in the media, especially after the killing of Michael Brown in the Ferguson area. After this event, many African-Americans took the streets to protest the killing, which resulted in a paramilitary response from the police at the city and state level. The federal government criticized the state tactics related to the use of tear gas, attack dogs, and militarized vehicles on the protestors: “The Justice Department also said that the use of dogs to control crowds incited fear and anger among protesters. It also condemned the use of tear gas without warning” (Bora, 2015, para.5). In this manner, media coverage of this event defines the negative reaction of state police agencies in quelling protests after this …show more content…
The Republicans often argue against financial or social welfare to the poorest members of the American population, which they feel is a type of “hand out” to lazy people that do not want to work. In the Democratic Party, welfare is seen as a positive because it provides financial assistance for people that cannot find jobs or are currently unemployed. The issue of welfare is a major concern for the country, since the unequal distribution of wealth in the United States is not taking care of the poorest members of the population. Ethically, the power of the Republican ideology is arguing in favor of cutting all federal programs to assist the poor, which shows a highly uncompassionate and merciless view of the poor by the wealthy elites. This a dangerous moral and ethical issue in the U.S. political
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The first Civil Rights event to be examined would be Affirmative Action, since it offers equal opportunity employment for minorities as a way to prevent dissemination in the workplace. In the early 1960s, Affirmative Action was first implemented by President John F. Kennedy through "Executive Order No.10925" to ensure that minorities would not be discriminated against in the predominantly white workforce. Social responsibility in terms of federal government and state agencies, such as California, improved the cooperation of private business, which increasingly allowed minority workers in the labor market. More so, private business voluntarily follows Affirmative Action in one case study done …show more content…
Police violence has been an issue in the media, especially after the killing of Michael Brown in the Ferguson area. After this event, many African-Americans took the streets to protest the killing, which resulted in a paramilitary response from the police at the city and state level. The federal government criticized the state tactics related to the use of tear gas, attack dogs, and militarized vehicles on the protestors: “The Justice Department also said that the use of dogs to control crowds incited fear and anger among protesters. It also condemned the use of tear gas without warning” (Bora, 2015, para.5). In this manner, media coverage of this event defines the negative reaction of state police agencies in quelling protests after this …show more content…
The Republicans often argue against financial or social welfare to the poorest members of the American population, which they feel is a type of “hand out” to lazy people that do not want to work. In the Democratic Party, welfare is seen as a positive because it provides financial assistance for people that cannot find jobs or are currently unemployed. The issue of welfare is a major concern for the country, since the unequal distribution of wealth in the United States is not taking care of the poorest members of the population. Ethically, the power of the Republican ideology is arguing in favor of cutting all federal programs to assist the poor, which shows a highly uncompassionate and merciless view of the poor by the wealthy elites. This a dangerous moral and ethical issue in the U.S. political