Question

What changes has affirmative action brought

Answer 1

Affirmative Action is a policy which function by favouring the cause of disadvantaged set of people who are suffering or had suffered from discrimination within a community. The group was established in the 1960s. The major goals of this group is to: close the gaps of employment inequalities and pay, increase access to education, promote diversity and address past injustices. Affirmative Action had produced both positive and negative outcomes. Positive outcomes include: closing the gaps in employment eligibility and payment, increasing number of people having access to education and promotion of diversity. Negative outcomes include: driving away of skilled labour which resulted in poor economic growth and mismatching of skills.