The instituting of affirmative action policy originates from a specific assessment of a nation’s past which is an essential demand for compensation measured by societies with a history of discrimination or a history of suppressing economic prospects centered on race or national derivation. Countries that reject the notions of affirmative action feel that color blind laws already exist and that these laws delegate and ensure that all races are treated equally. Countries promoting affirmative action feel that formerly oppressed groups are entitled to …show more content…
So the median black student has lower credentials than 99 percent of the Anglo and Asian students” (Affirmative action on campus does more harm than good). After the University of California put race neutral policies into effect, there was an increase rate of African American and Hispanic students that attended Berkeley, UCLA and other elite schools. It seems that minority students are drawn to the fact that they were not because of their race. The usual college gives 20 to 30 times more attention to race then class .Even in elementary schools, there have been moments that show that some teachers have racial preference. These teachers have an absence of faith in students’ academic abilities. Students then begin to lose confidents when they attend schools that have racial