... it harder for them to thrive in such competitive environments. At the University of San Diego, affirmative action students had GPAs that were 0.30 points lower than other students and tests scores that were 200 points below White students (Rose 263). Students should be rewarded for their academic achievements and improvements, not by his or her race. Throughout the years, studies ... is creating negative results for those individuals. Affirmative action should be a temporary program that will later evolve into an equal opportunity policy that does not focus on race, color, or gender....

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... for measuring student qualifications are not objective at all but rather favor the white suburban male who has been given the better educational opportunities in comparison to the minorities. The tests aren't able to measure the "stature and potential of an individual" such as what obstacles they have had to overcome or what their life experiences have been. In addition, proponents ... a program that ironically defies everything they have been fighting against. Shouldn't we all instead be fighting for a "color-blind society" that judges on merit and qualifications rather than race and g...

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