Youth Forum: Affirmative Action and Unintended Discrimination

A Panel Discussion

On March 6, 1961, President John F. Kennedy issued Executive Order 10925 with a provision that required government contractors to “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.” Fifty-six years later, the concept of affirmative action has spread from the workplace to higher education - and its controversy has ...

On March 6, 1961, President John F. Kennedy issued Executive Order 10925 with a provision that required government contractors to “take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are ...