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Dworkin's Belief of Preferential Treatment


For many years, preferential treatment has been used to try to make up
for past wrong-doings to minorities. There have been many cases tried over
racial discrimination, with verdicts of both innocent and guilty. Ronald
Dworkin attempts to argue that preferential treatment is socially useful and at
the same time does not violate people's rights. This is wrong for many reasons;
here I shall illustrate how preferential treatment hinders racial equality,
violates people's rights, and can lead to a lower opinion toward a particular
race.
Dworkin believes that continuing preferential treatment will decrease
racial consciousness and the importance of race. This is the total opposite of
what truly happens. If a person were to consider America's past, as an example,
he would see how racially diverse people were. Now look around. Just walking
across any given area, groups of people of the same race are seen walking
together. Most people......

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