Affirmative Action
According to www.wikipedia.org, affirmative action generally means giving preferential treatment to minorities in admission to universities or employment in government & businesses. The policies were originally developed to correct decades of discrimination and to give disadvantaged minorities a boost. The diversity of our current society indicates that the programs have been a success for the past few decades, but now, many think the policies are no longer needed and that they lead to more problems than they solve. Hence they should be removed.
There are many examples that explore this issue and confirm how the things are much more complicated. One such notable example is that of racial discrimination. The University of Michigan had a policy of rating potential applicants on a point system. A minority student earned more than twice as many points as achieving a perfect SAT score. Three white students sued the school for being racist. But the school officials argued that diversity was desirable and affirmative action was the only way to achieve true diversity. But in reality, that is not the case. Racial diversity does not necessarily lead to diversity among students. Affirmative action is certainly not the best way to achieve this goal. In fact, students with different interests and talents make campus life vibrant and ensure that a variety of activities are pursued. Race is purely an external characteristic and has no effect on the student community. Moreover, colleges should stop asking for any race information and try to accept students who have many different interests and will voice a wide range of opinions. There is simply no association between skin color and intelligence, talent, discipline, etc.
Education is the also one of the most prominent forms of affirmative action. Race, gender, ethnicity, social class and geographical origin are the factors often taken into account for admission into universities. Students have to...