Matthew Boddewyn - Affirmative Action

Affirmative action in schools is a tactic that has potential to level the playing field between races immensely, but real world application can become a form of reverse racism. Accepting students based on their race to fill a quota is unacceptable as that makes less space for students who are more academically proficient. If the decision to accept two students of equal academic standing comes up and one is of a minority race and the school must fill a race quota I feel it is more acceptable to lean towards accepting the minority. The root issue is that schools system in general should not be racist towards minorities which would mean that there would not be a need for affirmative action. Affirmative action should not take president of academic standing for the reason that if it did it would become reverse racism. Another deeper issue that goes with affirmative action is the fact that minority students are not being given the same education as other students which means they are not getting equal opportunity. If minority students were given the same academic opportunities from an early age it would mean they would not need affirmative action because they would be able to have very good grades and have the same chance as other students to get into good collages.