[Jessi-J30821]

Pat, do you know who has statistically benefitted the most from affirmative action policies? White women. So if you’re going to talk about getting rid of affirmative action based on race, then let’s also talk about affirmative action based on sex. If minorities can do fine ‘on their own,’ white women can do the same thing. In addition, what about ‘legacies’? Those kids, mostly white, did not earn their way to college. They’re riding on their parents’ success (or their own legacy status). So why doesn’t that qualify as ‘affirmative action’? What makes them better? A word on affirmative action itself. Affirmative action is about having opportunity which would not be there without it. I’m a student who graduated top of the class in high school and scored well on the ACT and SAT. However, pre-affirmative action, my grades and scores would mean nothing because of my race and sex. This was a racist and sexist society before these policies, and it still is that way. Regardless of race, no one automatically gets into school or gets a job due to merit. That’s a fallacy. The other issue is, no matter how someone gets employed or admitted into school, they have to work to stay there. Affirmative action doesn’t control for actions after the foot is in the door.

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Name : Jessi-J30821, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Christian, Age : 20, City : Columbus, State : OH, Country : United States, Occupation : College Student, Education level : 2 Years of College, 

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