Dworkin's Belief Of Preferential Treatment

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long-term goal of preferential
treatment "is to reduce the degree to which American society is overall a
racially conscious society (294)." Preferential treatment does nothing of the
sort. It was used widely in the past and still exists in some areas today. It
has not reduced racial consciousness, but increased it by making people think
more about how many spaces are reserved for their particular race. Instead,
people should think of what their chances are of getting something on account of
their personal knowledge over someone else's, not even considering their race as
a factor. This is evident in a black's point of view of getting into the
medical school of the University of California at Davis. Sixteen places are set
aside just for blacks and other minorities, no matter how low their test scores
are. That way, minorities don't even have to worry about competing with whites
for a position. This does not, in any way, reduce racial consciousness by
setting two tracks for ...

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more likely to get this
position than a person with shaky hands. Using race in a similar example,
preferential treatment would be just if there were a job where one race is more
qualified than another. The problem with this is that there are no such jobs.
Dworkin says that denying a person admission because of his age does not violate
that person's rights, but then, is the individual being judged on his merit and
merit alone? No. It is therefore wrong to discriminate against someone
because of their age because it violates his rights.
A second objection to Dworkin's belief that preferential treatment does
not violate people's rights is that people have the right to be judged as ...

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