Affirmative Action, i had to Options

[onenonly101]

Should Affirmative Action be outlawed?

I want to hear what others say before I comment

[ComradeRed]

Affirmative Action helps Asians.Asians benefit in many ways from affirmative action by making use of services provided by programs such as the Educational Opportunity Program, Upward Bound, and so on.

Statistics prove otherwise. At U-Cal Berkeley before the end of affiramtivve action, the average entering Asian had to score a 1254 on the SATs, compared to 956 for blacks and 1232 for whites. Asians are hurt THE MOST.

Affirmative action is not discrimination, so therefore it is not racism

The one thing I can't stand is misusing the english language. Let's see:

The American Heritage Dictionary defines discrimination as: "1. The act of discriminating. 2. The ability or power to see or make fine distinctions; discernment. 3. Treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit; partiality or prejudice: racial discrimination; discrimination against foreigners."

Said dictionary says discriminate means: "1a. To make a clear distinction; distinguish: discriminate among the options available. b. To make sensible decisions; judge wisely."

College admissions process are inherently discriminatory-- they discriminate qualified and unqualified people. Even if you argue that affirmative action is good discrimination, it is nonetheless undeniable that it involves judging on race, and is therefore discrimination.

Ok I am going to repeat myself.Affirmative action is not saying that a minority is too dumb to get in by themselves, it is saying that there are too many ignortant racist who are deans of colleges who wouldn't dare alet a person of color or a woman get in without being forced to let them in.

This is true for some private universities like Bob Jones University (www.bju.edu). But if you're black, would you really WANT to go to BJU?

Your argument is soundly disproven by solid facts. In colleges with affirmative action, the average entering white or Asian freshman has an SAT score 300 to 400 points higher than the average black entering freshman. In otherwords, they are held to a significantly higher standard. In colleges without affirmative action, namely the California Public Universities, the average SATs are about the same.

Also why is it that you only say minorities, don't you understand that it is also for disabled people, veterans, and women. Address that. How is affirmative action racist against women,veteran, and disabled people?

It's not. It's non-racially discriminatory.