... the nation. Colleges and universities are "battlegrounds" for such advancements with this policy and now its time to see that it be ended. Affirmative action should be banned and college admissions shouldn't take into consideration an applicant's race or ethnicity, just the scholastic achievements which they have procured throughout their high school years. Affirmative action was brought into being ... qualified students from achieving higher education in America's universities and colleges? These institutions shouldn't allow under-qualified students into their educational empire to meet ...

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... something along the same lines as Putnam. She does this by often having a sarcastic response to the questions regarding diversity. An example of this would be what white and black college students ask and how a black student may sarcastically answer. "Q: Why do all the black people sit together in the dining hall? A: Why do all the white people sit together? " (Giovanni ... ...

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... ranked colleges should be a challenge that requires extraordinary effort. This hard work is what distinguishes successful students from students that would not succeed in college and would perhaps benefit in the long run from a different form of job training. Because racial barriers are mostly broken down in today's ... to gain admission to the colleges of their dreams, regardless of the color of their skin. While academic achievement is heavily considered by any college admission officer, race can still play a factor in deciding who gets accepted, although this racial judging is not as ...

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... % greater than their female counterparts. The types of jobs women have are also limited by their gender: only 3% of firefighters are women, 8% of police officers, 1.9% of construction workers, 11.8% of college presidents, and 3-5% of the senior-level jobs in major companies. However, 95% of Fortune 500 CEOs are still white men. The principal moral claim involving gender discrimination is that women ... it undermines a minority person's success[Alm03]. Studies have shown that affirmative action harms Historically Black Colleges and Universities and produces a low minority retention rate[T...

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... students at all. Then the community will regress to where it was back in 1961. There is no doubt that affirmative action has helped minority students to be accepted into college. The question arises though, is it the best program? Many anti-affirmative action proponents are crying "reverse discrimination." They are saying that color should have absolutely no part in the ... world, and envy Americans. It was not until I talked to people from Israel, Italy, France, Germany, Russia, and Bulgaria, that I realized how egotistical I was. A testimony from Roxane Gudeman at Macalester College o...

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... at selective universities. In his article, "After Quotas, A Better Way,"" he argues that varied groups admitted under laws geared towards increasing diversity on college campuses just increases the likelihood that such groups will drop out. By doing away with quotas, and other similar affirmative action procedures, students have a ... student was accepted because he was "different,"" and it is for that main reason that such friends will be difficult to come by. College admissions procedures need to take into account that there is a right place for everyone, and the fact that they are ac...

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... the motives behind affirmative action are to promote diversity within an educational environment and create a color-blind society, the action itself is ultimately a discriminatory process, especially in college admissions. There are many instances where universities will accept particular students over others because of race being factored into their decision. Although "numerous studies [have] show[n] that ... Davis's use of a quota system unconstitutional, considering it made race a predominant factor in accepting a portion of their students. Although this case lead to the abolishment o...

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... far too often and there needs to be an end to it. It has been in existence for over a generation since Nixon first established racial quotas in college admissions, in the hiring, promotion, or government. Not to say that it was right then, but we have grown up as a nation since then ... students at colleges may fall of a little or even maybe a lot - for a time. It may take some time for minorities to realize that being accepted into a college will not just be a given anymore. "But the additional claim - that campuses will become "lily white" - is inaccurate. Large numbers of Indians, As...

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... 95 points. Those minorities who are under-qualified and accepted into institutions like Berkeley do not succeed like the majority of their white peers. Non-Asian minorities fail to finish college at a much higher rate than whites do. A 1996 National Longitudinal Youth Survey of randomly selected individuals found that 66 percent of African Americans who started ... college had not received their degrees by age 29. Contrasted with a mere 37 percent of whites who had not graduated. I do not blame minorities for taking advantage of these practices, in ... fact if I were a minority I am ce...

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... household income for those with a 9th - 12th grade education (no diploma): $ 21,737; a median household income for high school graduates: $ 35,744; a median household income for college graduates, B.A.: $ 64,406; the median household income for college graduates, M.A.: $ 74,476; the median household income for professional degree holders: $ 100,000. These statistics show that education brings wealth and people from wealthy families receive ... wealthy families either don't have a job or they have a job just to spend their time more wisely and to have extra money to spend. If an underpri...

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... thirty-two and Asians with an average score of twelve hundred and fifty-four. As a result of this, two thousand white and Asian straight A students were turned away from the college to provide room for blacks and Hispanics (Williams, 1997, 171). In order to meet with the affirmative action guidelines, some universities will choose to accept a less qualified student over one ... that women's earnings have increased (Women Assemble to Fight for Equal Pay Day, 1999, 2). Women, either of color or not, earn significantly less than white males. A white woman out of college will earn about twe...

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... not accepting minorities over Caucasians is discrimination, there might need to be more information. I have already experienced firsthand reverse discrimination since I have been in college. On the very first day of school, I met a Latino student and we began to talk about how he was making it through ... week that would help him on school work whenever necessary, at no cost to him. He also told me that the school was paying for him to live and attend college, and then he started to laugh. At first I was mad; I found none of this funny. I've worked construction for the past three years an...

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... contain athletes, political activists and musicians so that each student brings something different to the community. Affirmative action assures that members of all ethnic groups are present within a college. The last pro on this website is that lowering standards for und-represented groups raises the quality of the student body. While affirmative action lowers admission standards for ... and extra-curricular achievements. However, an applicant's race is not a legitimate factor to take into consideration because it is outside of the student's control. It is impossible for a college to co...

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Imagine walking into the admissions office of a high school or college you wish to attend. You are cordially greeted by the secretary and she asks for your name. After responding to her, she ... of your skin color or gender. Both Adrienne Rich and bell hooks speak of a similar discrimination. While Rich's essay is a commencement speech for graduates of Smith college for women, hooks' essay reflects on her personal experiences as a young black woman from a small town who was educated at a prestigious university. Although these essays ... you might face. So, I agree with Rich's previous state...

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... system of minority and gender set asides, quotas, and preferences in its recruitment and hiring practices. Sometimes a minority or woman who had fewer technical qualifications was admitted to college The federal, state, and local governments ran programs intended to increase opportunities for various groups such as women and racial and ethnic minority groups. These programs are called ... could total tens of millions of dollars each year. Public Schools and Community Colleges The measure also could affect funding for public schools (kindergarten through grade 12) and community college pr...

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... minorities have been discriminated against, it is not right 6 have any discrimination at all. Minorities will never succeed knowing that programs helped them to get into college. They will always work below their capability. It is morally wrong to the individuals it directly affects and in the end there will be more unpleasant ... their intelligence. Instead, the government should start having tutor programs in high school to prepare them for college if students really want to go to college. These tutor programs will not only help them get into college but to help them get back to the e...

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... one of today's most popular clothing companies that cater to American's youth culture. Abercrombie and Fitch clothing is worn by children and young adults, but is largely marketed to the college-age population. Abercrombie and Fitch have been in existence since 1892, beginning as an outdoors sporting goods supplier. Today, A&F stores can be found in malls across America and the ... reaction of 18 to 22 year-olds. Alternatively, Abercrombie's negative publicity is attributable to parents, legislators and consumers advocates. Such individuals feel that the Abercrombie's depiction of the Am...

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... being aggressive. By using lunch counter sit-ins, organizing into national networks like the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and reaching into college campuses through the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), the Civil Rights Movement was able to bring together northerners and southerners, older and ... mother. They were able to combine employment, child rearing and homemaking in ways that white women would later emulate. Black women eventually earned college and graduate degrees and sought full time employment in higher rates than either black men or white women, ...

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... issue -- for the Supreme Court or society. As it intended, affirmative action means that people from a particular group should enjoy special consideration or benefits in job placement or college admissions. Usually, when one speaks of affirmative action, it is in relation to racial discrimination (although women, as a minority group, are also included), and some people feel ... had typically been dominated by white males. In the last several years, affirmative action has increased the number of minorities (racial and gender) in employment, government contracting, and college admissions ...

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... minority groups. One way affirmative action hurts minorities is it puts under qualified people in demanding positions. This leads to the reasons why minorities have such a high dropout rate in college and a reason why minorities have very slowly been able to advance to higher levels in the workplace. By putting someone in a position they are under qualified for they are not ... people in minority status who are out of the lower class that are receiving full benefits of affirmative action. These minority students can fill college quotas and eliminate any chance a lower class minority wou...

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... (Rubio 144). In 1971, the landmark Supreme Court ruling in University of California Reagents v. Allan Bakke stated that fixed quotas could not be set for minority applicants to a college or university while simultaneously denying white applicants a chance to compete for these places. However, the Supreme Court did maintain that colleges and universities might consider race as a factor ... bear direct responsibility for discriminating against various minorities; and therefore ought not to be victims of a crime they themselves did not commit. Author Nicolaus Mills contention, "The white co...

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... (Rubio 144). In 1971, the landmark Supreme Court ruling in University of California Reagents v. Allan Bakke stated that fixed quotas could not be set for minority applicants to a college or university while simultaneously denying white applicants a chance to compete for these places. However, the Supreme Court did maintain that colleges and universities might consider race as a factor ... bear direct responsibility for discriminating against various minorities; and therefore ought not to be victims of a crime they themselves did not commit. Author Nicolaus Mills contention, "The white co...

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... African-American student was 3.66 with an SAT score of 1030." These statistics demonstrate the reverse discrimination against white college applicants due to affirmative action. After you graduate from college, you will be putting in your application for a job that you went to college for. Even though you might be the most qualified for the job you still might not obtain the position ... a quota, they may lack pride in their jobs, which in turn hinders their performance. In addition, minority's problems due to affirmative action are not exclusive to the work place. Many college and univ...

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... . Diversify administration, staff, and student bodies as well as faculties. He also provides suggestions on retention of minority faculty: Begin with a thorough orientation and provide assistance with college and campus resources, housing, shopping, and community services. To promote collegiality, schedule activities that require all faculty to interact such as diversity training and staff development programs. Incorporate ... minority faculty into the decision making process of the college, mainstream the teaching assignments, and include them in all facets of campus life and activities...

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... idea of affirmative action, where a race or a particular group of people receive preferential treatment over others. Many ethnic minorities, such as blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans, wouldn't have been in college if it hadn't been for the affirmative action plan.. Scholarships which were geared specifically toward minorities or women have often been the difference between ... a college being more diverse and not being so(I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEAN BY DIVERSE? iN WHAT WAYS? cAN YOU GIVE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES? aLSO TRY TO REWORD IT SO IT ... , giving a total of 51 disadvantag...

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