On Affirmative Action

Some people view affirmative action as a way for the United States to make up for injustices that it had imposed on certain people. However, this method of the redressing the problems is unfair and ineffective. It is unfair in that certain groups of people have been treated unfairly in the past have been excluded from this process. An example is Japanese Americans, who were forced into internment camps during World War II. Although the internment was decades ago, its effects can still felt today, since many Japanese Americans lost most of their possessions when they were forced to relocate. So if they were treated unfairly in the past, where is their part in affirmative action? Where is the box on college applications asking if the applicant is of Japanese descent? 

Affirmative action may give “people of color” a better chance of getting into colleges, but that doesn't help those who drop out of school before they even get a chance to apply. The solution to getting them a better education is instilling in them the drive to succeed through getting a high level education and helping schools by giving them more funding for supplies and teachers. These resources will provide the necessary push for “people of color” to be able to compete with whites in college admissions.