Affirmative Action, i had to Options

[onenonly101]

Should Affirmative Action be outlawed?

I want to hear what others say before I comment

[ComradeRed]

1) It doesn't help people overcome racist circumstances, it is racist in and of itself. I have done a lot of research into college admissions processes -- and the ONLY evidence of racism is affirmative action, demonstrated by the fact that, on average, a black student matriculating at a top-tier school has an SAT score of 300 to 400 points lower than white counterparts being accepted, in addition to lower grades and overall lower standards. I don't know about you, but adding 400 points to my SAT score would put me at a 1990 -- enough to get me anywhere. But unfortunately, I'm not black or Hispanic. In my Ivy League Insider Guide that I got here, it admits that race is a VERY IMPORTANT factor in the admissions process -- acceptance rates for black students at Dartmouth is 50% and for Hispanics it is about 35%, whereas it is only 15% for whites and Asians. Add to that the fact that the average black student applying is less qualified than the average white student, and it is a clear implication that the admissions process is heavily skewed in favor of black students (THREE times a greater percentage admitted) -- due to affirmative action. The ONLY racist admissions councils are in places like Bob Jones University (www.bju.edu) that no black person would ever want to go to anyway, considering that they teach you to hate black people.

2) Women now make up 60% of all new college graduates. There are no longer any reputable all-male schools, but reputable all-female schools like Wellesley continue to thrive, in large part due to government support that would never exist at an all-male school. If there's any sexism in the process, it's against males.

3) When you are handicapped, it lowers your merit. As harsh as this may sound, if you're handicapped it does, in fact, harm your merit and thus giving the handicapped affirmative action is directly destroying the concept of meritocracy. If someone is handicapped, for example, by being mentally retarded, he should not be going to an Ivy League school -- affirmaive action or not. Similarly, if someone is blind, he should probably not be a firefighter. Et cetera. It might not be fair, but people are fundamentally different. The world isn't fair. It is ludicrous to expect handicapped people, on average, to achieve the same results that fit people would. I know it's not their fault, but people with low IQs -- it's not their fault either. No one is suggesting we give low-IQ affirmative action. "Handicap" affirmative action would involve transforming us into a communist society with an overbearing government that allows no room for the individual to thrive.