Affirmative Action Is a Negative Remedy to Discrimination

This is also the case in the United States. Each state has its own affirmative action policies and provisions. The issue of affirmative action is majorly related to the activities of hiring, regarding the American context. One of the noticeable areas is the police department. From the history of hiring, there have been various serious instances of discrimination. , the issue of discrimination is evident since there are no women police officer, one black and two Hispanic, leaving the rest to the white males. In as much as the affirmative action has served a good role in evasion of discrimination of the marginalized groups as seen by the increasing statistics of women and African Americans employment to the police department (Brian, 5) and the Police Department Race and Ethnicity Demographic Data (n.