Affirmative Action In Schools

Should race-based affirmative action policies remain in place for school admission? Affirmative action in the United States is a set of laws, policies, guidelines, and administrative practices that intend to end and correct the effects of discrimination. This topic has long been a public debate. These laws and policies focus on giving special considerations to racial minorities and women in education. However, racial preferences have instead promoted discrimination. Schools desire to be more representative of the population of the United States. Often this means lowering the bar for certain minority groups so they may be admitted to a university easier. Affirmative action has not been a successful policy for school admission and needs to
It instead puts race as a dominant factor in admissions. The most qualified students should be accepted, regardless of race. The criteria for finding members for this collection should be based on individual achievement grades and test scores, of course, but also a broad range of accomplishments, in things like athletics, music, student government, drama, school clubs and other extracurricular activities. Race and ethnicity (or gender or sexual preference) do not have a place on this list these are not achievements they are just traits. The worst part about affirmative action is that it undermines the hard working minority. It is difficult to tell if a minority student was admitted to a prestigious school like Harvard because of their individual achievements and effort or was it because of some affirmative action
Bakke. Allan Bakke was a white male who was rejected twice from the University of California Medical School at Davis. Based of the University’s affirmative action program, 16 out of the 100 seats were given to “qualified” minorities. However, Allan Bakke’s GPA and test scores exceeded any of the minorities accepted during the two years Bakke was rejected. Bakke brought the case before the California court then to the Supreme Court stating he was excluded from admission solely because of race. This proves how the system is unfair. He had all the qualifications needed but was denied the opportunity because he wasn’t a minority. He eventually was allowed to be admitted to the school. The judges ruled that racial quotas employed at the school violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth