Affirmative Action in Education As President Roosevelt was rebuilding the country after the Great Depression, he was also trying to solve the problems of discrimination and segregation. After multiple unsuccessful programs to solve this problem, Roosevelt released an executive order in 1941 that declared “there ‘shall be no discrimination in the employment of workers in defense industries or government because of race, creed, color, or national origins’” (qtd. in Rojas). Later, in the 1960’s, President John F. Kennedy introduced “affirmative action” while issuing “Executive Order 10925, which included a provision that government contractors take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin" (qtd. in Rojas). Once President Carter was in office, he released Executive Order 12138 that included women in affirmative action cases (“Executive …show more content…
Rojas reported that since Roosevelt and Kennedy first introduced affirmative action, the definition has greatly changed. Rojas explains that “Over time the definition has changed because of perspectives, executive orders, laws, and even Supreme Court cases….It cannot be said with certainty that it is no longer needed, but it definitely needs to be modified. In the beginning it was founded upon deontological beliefs that all should be treated equal, but as time passed it turned into a deontological monster. It has changed according to time and has helped millions of minorities, but in its current form it can be shown that affirmative action is achieving more harm than good” (“The Evolution of Affirmative Action”). “We believe that real diversity—of ideas, of perspectives, of backgrounds—is a good thing. Quotas of any sort are not….Sixty-seven percent of Americans polled by Gallup say that it is time for affirmative action in college admissions to end. We agree” (“Affirmative Action in