University of Nairobi Affirmative Action and Political Interference Paper

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Read the following 1989 article from the New York Times, Discordant Notes in Detroit: Music and Affirmative Action, (Links to an external site.) by Isabel Wilkerson, (PDF is here.)

Write a short essay that addresses the following questions.

1) What are the two main positions staked out in the article?

2) Where do you stand on the issue? (Take a position and explain why you feel that way.)

3) Suggest a possible alternative approach.

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Running head: AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

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Affirmative Action
Name
Institution

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

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One position which has been taken by the article is that there very few black orchestra
players in the Detroit symphony orchestra. That is despite the population of the city of Detroit
being 60 percent black (Wilkerson, 1989). Therefore, that points out to the presence of
discrimination in the selection of the players. With ...


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