| If you are a student of history and you have the | | | | and honor to their black colored colleagues in offices. |
| strong passion for African American history, you will | | | | However, there were two special executive orders |
| find how cruelly and brutally the black community was | | | | which have given the concrete shape to the |
| treated earlier. They were treated as slaves in their | | | | affirmative action. The first Executive Order 10925 |
| own home land. The color distinction was a serious | | | | was duly signed by our honorable American President |
| concern in America. The African Americans were | | | | Kennedy in 1965. Through the enactment of this order, |
| treated wildly. There was lack of equal status which | | | | the Affirmative Action was given a prominent |
| could put the black persons in the same hierarchy in | | | | expression and status which was meant for the |
| which the white persons were honored. However, | | | | development of the lifestyle of the black community in |
| after several decades, the African American | | | | the country. |
| communities are still suffering from the ethnic violence | | | | Again, President Johnson took the bold initiative to |
| and the racial segregation. They are still victims of the | | | | enact Civil Rights Act for wiping out the prominent and |
| vandalism, injustice, unequal status and the brutality. | | | | severe gap between the black and the white in terms |
| They are dined the jobs in some commercial sectors | | | | of equal status in the working place in America. |
| in America due to the dark complexion of their skin. | | | | Through the new law, the commercial sectors and the |
| If you study thoroughly, you will come to know what | | | | employers will be liable to utilize the reservation |
| sort of struggle our African American brothers have | | | | process which came into effective with the |
| done to earn the equal status in schools and colleges. It | | | | modification in the legal framework after the |
| was blood shed war and they sacrificed a lot to get | | | | enactment of Civil Rights Act and Executive Order to |
| the right to expression and enjoyed the right to | | | | facilitate the black community. Due to the |
| education. Their children are now going to schools and | | | | establishment of the quota system in working places, |
| colleges in America. They are studying with the | | | | the black community people are getting fair chances to |
| children coming from the white community. It was | | | | get the prestigious posts in different commercial |
| possible due to the Affirmative Action movement | | | | organizations and offices. |
| which allowed black community to enjoy the same | | | | However, if you decide that the problem has been |
| status and honor as other general white American | | | | solved, it is wrong. The white community has never |
| citizens do. | | | | taken it as part of progression for the country. They |
| The fact is that the struggle for existence continued | | | | have termed it as reverse discrimination because they |
| with the entry of the national heroes into the battle field | | | | claim that the white community people are losing jobs |
| who fought for the equal right and the other civil rights | | | | due to the color distinction as there is reservation |
| for the betterment of the lifestyle of the black | | | | system which is blocking the way to the progression |
| community in America. With the enactment of Civil | | | | and all round development of the nation. The eligible |
| Rights Act of 1964, the higher authority of America | | | | white colored persons are not getting job offers |
| cleared the bottled neck condition in the area of | | | | because of the same color distinction issues. |
| professional world by declaring that no commercial | | | | To be frank, the controversy is on and it will be still |
| sector whether it is small or large scale industry will not | | | | over there if both black and the white community |
| recruit people on the scale of racial segregation and | | | | people come under the same umbrella to make their |
| color distinction in the matter of recruiting black people | | | | unanimous resolution to settle issues. In actuality you |
| in the commercial organizations. | | | | will feel sad that the true vision of Dr. King has not |
| However, instead of the modification of the old laws, | | | | been fulfilled. He dreamed that a person should be |
| you will see that in the job oriented field, there are still | | | | treated not by the yardstick of color distinction and |
| few white people who don't want to accept that equal | | | | racism but on the strength of the clarity of character |
| status and they are not interested to show respect | | | | and honest intention. |