Argumentative Essay On Affirmative Action

The clock ticking, the constant migraines, the late nights writing essays, the early mornings with burning eyes, the days full of tests, the evenings filled with school organizations, the weekends consisting of games, and all free time spent volunteering; these are the things that, seniors in high school, schedules consist of. Do not fret, there is still the constant crippling anxiety that you may not get into the college of your dreams, not because your GPA and dedication are inferior, but because your ethnicity and family income can withhold you from receiving the college education you strive for. Affirmative action was put in place to help support minorities and provide an extra boost to help in the application process.

More than not, students, of all races and sexes, are held back on the account of Affirmative action. Why do we base our higher education system on the student's
We use this program to aid students, of minorities, but leave out students who are not a part of a minority group. The students who are affected negatively by this program are the students’ who have families with low socioeconomic statuses and or are non minority pupil. These students are excluded from the program because of their parents, not because of the hard work they engulfed themselves in. The program calls for equality, but it instead establishes tension and spawns a larger gap between the differences of the American people. Well known columnist, Phyllis Schlafly, spends his time writing of the inequalities Americans face. His past articles display support for the cancellation of the Affirmative Action program. His beliefs of the inequalities amongst the citizens who are not a part of a minority, would lead him to promote the destruction of the Affirmative Action program, because of the constant hectoring of the white community in