Caucasian or Asian? The Affirmative Action Discrimination
A lawsuit. Something someone would never imagine filing against the college of their dreams. Jennifer Gratz took the University of Michigan to court over her rejection, a rejection in which she felt was given solely based on her race. However, she is not the only one who has faced such prejudice, kids all over the country suffer from racial discrimination while submitting college applications. The kids need to be judged fairly, and purely on credentials, instead of involving race. Affirmative Action may have helped minorities in the past, but in today’s society, it hurts and limits the opportunities of many racial group; it should be banned because it results in unfair advantages and …show more content…
Many students qualifications are undermined by their skin color, and other students may feel they were only accepted based on their race, not their hard work. It lowers confidence, and gives these students, who didn’t need affirmative action to get accepted, a feeling of being obliged to prove that they are good enough, and that they weren’t there just because they’re a minority. It obscures the legitimacy of their achievements, and puts a pressure on the students that no one should have to face or fear. It reinforces stereotypes of inequality and how some are given special treatment, forcing the students to constantly feel the need to prove that they deserved to be in the school. This is where the public comes in, to be able to stop Affirmative Action, people need to speak up and show how just negative it is. All the bad outweighs the little good it does, and this really shows the need to get rid of Affirmative Action. Remember that it 's the dreams of teens getting crushed, and that the longer the policy stays the more doors close for deserving students. It’s not fair for those who work hard and expect to be judged on their character and merit, but instead, despite their qualifications, are faced with rejection because of an obsession with racial
A lawsuit. Something someone would never imagine filing against the college of their dreams. Jennifer Gratz took the University of Michigan to court over her rejection, a rejection in which she felt was given solely based on her race. However, she is not the only one who has faced such prejudice, kids all over the country suffer from racial discrimination while submitting college applications. The kids need to be judged fairly, and purely on credentials, instead of involving race. Affirmative Action may have helped minorities in the past, but in today’s society, it hurts and limits the opportunities of many racial group; it should be banned because it results in unfair advantages and …show more content…
Many students qualifications are undermined by their skin color, and other students may feel they were only accepted based on their race, not their hard work. It lowers confidence, and gives these students, who didn’t need affirmative action to get accepted, a feeling of being obliged to prove that they are good enough, and that they weren’t there just because they’re a minority. It obscures the legitimacy of their achievements, and puts a pressure on the students that no one should have to face or fear. It reinforces stereotypes of inequality and how some are given special treatment, forcing the students to constantly feel the need to prove that they deserved to be in the school. This is where the public comes in, to be able to stop Affirmative Action, people need to speak up and show how just negative it is. All the bad outweighs the little good it does, and this really shows the need to get rid of Affirmative Action. Remember that it 's the dreams of teens getting crushed, and that the longer the policy stays the more doors close for deserving students. It’s not fair for those who work hard and expect to be judged on their character and merit, but instead, despite their qualifications, are faced with rejection because of an obsession with racial