Does Affirmative Action Eliminate or Promote Racial Discrimination?
@AlwaysAskingWhy (96)
United States
February 8, 2008 12:09am CST
As a colored person, I've always assumed that affirmative action was designed to help eliminate racial discrimination. But I read a news article from an Asian magazine a few years ago that an Asian student was turned away from the college he applied to because his ethnic group has already met parity. This means that the percentage of Asians in that college is equal to or greater than the percentage of Asians in the general population of that area or region. So Asians are no longer welcome in that college. So here are my questions. If a person is turned away from a college due to his ethnicity, isn't that called racial discrimination? What if the ethnic group that had already met parity were African-Americans? Would the NAACP consider it racial discrimination if an African-American student was turned away instead?
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@lblaze (16)
• United States
14 Feb 08
I think their are some flaws in affirmative action. It should still exist but it should be done more on a case by case system because affirmative action does help alot of people.
Such as underprivileged minorities and women that grow up poor and that have less opportunities. It just needs to be tweaked somewhat so that it doesn't also take opportunties any from people that deserve them as well.
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@schilds (410)
• United States
12 Feb 08
I think affermative action sounds good on the surface, but missed the mark for reasons such as these. It makes race a qualifying factor. It is a self-defeating program. It was designed to promote equality, but instead it brings race to the forefront of admitance.
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