... is still not settled is the idea of race being constructed essentially meaning natural, biological and inherent OR being constructed socially which means humans create categories such as race and gender. Race has been constructed due to hierarchies and white people having power over African Americans. Back in the 1800's, if an African American could not speak a language similar to the ... eastern European Jews.2 The white race was certainly dominant during this time. Anti-miscegenation laws were known as the suicide laws in regards to the African American slaves. Immigration intelligenc...

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... percentage of students with a certain religion or ethnicity are now extremely powerful. While college acceptance should be based solely on academic and extracurricular accomplishments, unfair variables such as race and gender are interfering with colleges' admission decisions in order to meet certain quotas. The Constitution requires all public universities in the country to be, "colorblind." If this standard was ... process. Many white people have attempted to fight for their rights. One student, Allen Bakke, applied to a medical school in California. He was not accepted despite scorin...

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... . Smith Advanced English II: Social Criticism Essay September 18, 2003 Affirmative Action The fourteenth amendment to the constitution guarantees equal rights to all people regardless of things such as our gender, religion, age, or race; how, then, is it lawful for colleges to determine who may attend their school based on skin color? Shouldn't college admissions depend on grades and intelligence ... action is not only illogical, but it is also unfair. Colleges decide admission based on how many of the possible 150 points you have. In addition to GPA and achievement tests, students can s...

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