... receive jobs at places, where minorities are underrepresented. The second place,[no comma; the wh-clause is needed] where affirmative action can be enforced,[no] is in colleges and universities. Affirmative action at colleges and universities is[this is debatable; needs a qualifier] used to help admit underprivileged minorities into their institute. As an assignment in my English Composition II class , my ... was $30,000 a year or below, a commonly used (and generous) metric for "lower income". (McWhorter)[unnecessary] McWhorter opposed affirmative action at Berkeley because it was mai...

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... problems involved in educating minorities. There are no variables within these tests to accommodate the varied needs of individual students. The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) was developed in the 1920's and 1930's to determine entrance into colleges and universities but is now widely used as a barometer to measure school success (Fantini 78). Leon Botstein is also of the opinion that standardized testing ... is outdated: The use and popularity of SAT tests has done nothing to improve schooling for those populations that need it most. It has merely reinforced the ... students over a 15...

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... problem of past discrimination. First of all, affirmative action IS discrimination, only in reverse. In colleges across the country, African-Americans and Hispanics are being admitted at the expense of Caucasians and Asians with higher standardized test scores and high school GPAs for the sake of diversity. This discrimination is unjust and uncalled for. A second idea against affirmative action is the idea of individualism, where the ... 90% for all 'underrepresented' minorities with GPAs above 2.8 (a dismal B minus) or SATs over 830, well below the national average for all who took the...

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... , as a result of immigration, have become almost 40% of the county, and lowered for blacks who represent 12% of the population and have 30% of the county jobs (Bresler). Due to this inequality of representation, new tensions have risen between the two groups. Previous to the passing of the California ... . It is better than no job, but that is about it. This same feeling can probably be applied to college students as well. Colleges and universities frequently also have quotas for how many blacks it is necessary to admit to "round out" their freshman classes. An example is the ... the ACT ...

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