Racism and Affirmative Action Racism is the discrimination of a group of people on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, place of origin or ancestry. Discrimination is the denial of equality based on personal characteristics, such as race and color. The term racism may also denote a blind and unreasoning hatred, envy or prejudice. Three basic ways of describing racism are open racism, violent racism, and covert racism which all express forms of …showed first 75 words of 1007 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1007 total…was discriminated against due their race. This is why affirmative action is a racist practice. It uses race, color, religion, national origin, and place of origin or ancestry as a qualification. Affirmative action is defined as the use of race or ethnicity as a positive factor is hiring or admissions decisions. Turning the tables on previously favored groups is as unjust as the original discrimination. Under these circumstances affirmative action is indeed a racist practice.