... the American Dream a mire myth. It is because of affirmative action that many minorities reach their so called American Dream, because their skin is not viewed not their sex or test scores. Debate flies back and forth every day on the problem, is this right or wrong to the majority members. The right decision can only be made by that person ... unseen by the studies of this so called bad use of admissions is that the black students are earning more degrees. The black students, even though showing lower scores on test, are actually earning more degrees in their percentage of student body...

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... believed that affirmative action is reverse racism and would cause many problems in the workplace ( ). Congress then voted that who ever scored the best on a test that they gave would get the job ( ). That was the only rational situation to do at that time. In the 1970's President Ronald Reagan furthered affirmative ... stated that affirmative action has showed favoritism forwards minorities and women. For example, Michigan State College gives minorities and extra 20 points in a 150-point admission test because they are a minority group ( ). There also were reports that the admission of...

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... , accepting African Americans not for their intellectual excellence or merit but the color of their skin. The study concluded that African Americans with above average scores on law school admissions test were 730 times more likely to be accepted than an equally qualified Caucasian student at Virginias School of Law (Washington 3). At the University of Michigan Law School, the way that ... than Caucasians even if the minorities grades are lower the Caucasians (Pioneer 1). It is almost like the universities have a quota and although the Caucasian students may have better grades and test s...

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... younger in there school lives there is no reason that race should even be considered. But if that is not able to be done there is no reason that standardized test scores should be curved to give minority's better scores. If a students grades are altered because of there race and are accepted because of it they are not getting accepted for ... which they are attending. Standardized tests are not the only thing colleges and universities look at it is known that some people that may excel in the classroom might not test very well. There should not be any other reason to be accepted to a co...

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... into believing certain things about African Americans from his father. In the dinner scene with his father he warns Derek to read the literature Sweeny makes him, take the test, Ace the test, but don't believe any of the information Sweeny is telling him or the literature there reading. 12. Danny was influenced by Cameron Alexander greatly. One way Cameron Alexander influenced ... ...

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... league. According to an article in the U.S. News and World Report minorities are proving that they deserve a chance to be given equal opportunity. Blacks admitted into elite institutions have high test scores when compared to the other applicants. Eighty percent of them are graduating within six years, earning advanced degrees, and are strengthening the African American middle class, (U.S. News and World ... ...

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... up the issue that he believed he had been rejected merely on the basis of his Caucasian status, and that minorities who had gained admission into the University had lower test scores then he did . The Bakke Supreme Court dispute reflected the intense and widespread emotions aroused by quotas, by preferential or compensatory treatment, and by affirmative action. Four justices ruled ... ...

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... these tests to be racially biased towards white students. I have an African American friend who I went through primary and secondary school with. I know how smart he is, and his standardized test scores show exactly his level of knowledge. Since schools are not finding enough qualified students to enroll in the university they are admitting minority students who are not up to ... ...

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... gender can damage anyone's mind state. Known as "stereotype threat" which is "how racial and gender stereotypes, floating and abstract though they might seem, can affect concrete things, like grades, test scores, and academic identity" (Steele 211). This is just another disadvantage put onto minorities through affirmative action which makes it even harder for them to become successful. The most apparent ... ...

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... of 1964. Although it is objected to quotas, the Supreme Court allows race to be considered as a part of a broad range of hiring criteria. Preferences come in many varieties, including test scores, minority status, past military service or disability. The third form does not make any formal preferences in the "decision-making" stage. Rather, front-loaded affirmative action identifies and encourages ... ...

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... , know that they are treated badly, and it allows them to think that they are inferior to others. During the Brown vs. Board of Education case, Kenneth Clark performed a doll test to prove the psychological damage in segregated children. "I presented these dolls to them and I asked them the following questions in the following order: "Show me the doll that you like ... ...

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... provides and stands for. He Views it as a protector and guardian against inequality and fairness. This young man looks at the average statistics of minority students and sees that the test scores are incredibly low along with their GPA's. Then he views himself and realizes that his 1100 SAT score and 3.6 GPA has some type of meaning and "pull" in this ... ...

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... case, there are 1000 people applying for a private school. The school will take 125 whites and 75 minorities. The top 20 on the list of the grades on the placement test contained 150 whites and 50 minorities. This gives the minorities, who may not have had the education of one of the white, a shot at a better education. It also makes the ... ...

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... case, there are 1000 people applying for a private school. The school will take 125 whites and 75 minorities. The top 20 on the list of the grades on the placement test contained 150 whites and 50 minorities. This gives the minorities, who may not have had the education of one of the white, a shot at a better education. It also makes the ... ...

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... up the issue that he believed he had been rejected merely on the basis of his Caucasian status, and that minorities who had gained admission into the University had lower test scores then he did . The Bakke Supreme Court dispute reflected the intense and widespread emotions aroused by quotas, by preferential or compensatory treatment, and by affirmative action. Four justices ruled ... ...

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... known how irrational he has been in the past and we are now taking affirmative action towards ending his reign. He has used his own civilians as lab rats to test his chemical agents as well as using school children, kids younger than me, as human shields for his army units. When one is being portrayed as the Anti-Christ, there ... ...

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