Monday, February 16, 2009

Affirmative Action

In my opinion, regardless of who our president is, affirmative action should not exist. Whither or not an individual gets into a college should be determined by their merit, not their ethnicity. Affirmative action makes it harder for people who are not a minority but, do get good grades etc., to get into the college of their choice. By giving free opportunities to people, we are taking away opportunities from the people who earned them. This will cause even more tension between races because, for one race its easier to get into college and for another its much harder. I don't think the race of our president should determine who receives help in getting into college and who doesn't.  Making, college admissions strictly a decision of merit would make it completely fair.

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