ions of 1997 records the numbers of graduates has decreased for the minority groups, but the number of actual applications given has increased by twenty-three percent. Even though Affirmative action has helped the country in many ways no plan is without error.The negative side of the plan is not as easily seen unless a large portion of time is allowed for it to develop. Three major issues have shown America examples of Affirmative Action's imperfection: "Glass Ceiling," "reverse discrimination," and "quotas." The first issue, "Glass Ceiling" deals with minorities and women in positions of "nowhere." These jobs entail more and more work with no promotions. The companies find ways to stretch the rules of their business to wrap around the policies of Affirmative Action by justifying these non-promotion jobs. Women and minority groups complain about this situation, but little can be done to due the loophole in the Affirmative Action policy.The second situation, "reverse discrimination" refers to whites losing a chance for a job because of Affirmative Action. If you are a white male and a company needs black males to fulfill the equal opportunity policy then the white male may lose the job based on discrimination. In other words, in trying to take discrimination away from one racial group, another group suffers the same discrimination. This can be seen as unfair and unjust, but again not much can be done without the compromise in Affirmative Action policy. Another aspect of this "reverse discrimination" occurs in education. It is recorded that "Checking the right race checkbox triples your chances of admission to UCLA School of Medicine in 1997"(UC p.1). According to the same source, only three percent of whites were accepted to the University of California whereas 10.4 percent of minority groups were accepted. This situation goes hand in hand with the concept of "quotas.""Quotas" define the need to actually fulfill the Affirmative Action p...
