Assume Affirmative Action is defined as; the practice of favoring a particular class, gender, or race for employment and the other situations of selection regardless of their qualifications and or the existence of other more qualified candidates who do not belong to the targeted group.
Find two arguments favoring Affirmative Action AND the effective and responsive rebuttals to those two arguments.
Note; in your answer please cite, author, publication, date, and page location for all sources.