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Thus, there could be only minority millionaires who attend college, and AA the purpose of AA would still be getting served, as long as those who are in the colleges are better integrated with their White counterparts.
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This is where I start to have problems. If a minority has had the exact same economic/educational/social advantages growing up as a white person up until their college years, is it truly fair that they should be given an automatic advantage in college admissions simply due to skin color/heritage when they possess less qualifications than said white person?</p>
<p>I suppose you could say that I am of the centrist view on AA. I feel that a minority coming up from an impoverished or poor social (and thus educational) background should definitely be conferred an extra advantage. I also, however, feel that a white person who has been in that exact same unfortunate situation should be given that same equal advantage too.</p>
<p>In my opinion, skin color/heritage should have no (or at least very little) place in college admissions. If a person, whether minority or otherwise, has had an extremely harsh upbringing that hampered their education due to financial conditions, social conditions, or even heritage, it should be accurately reflected in their background information and compensated for, but it should not be based on their skin color alone. Other factors should be considered, and that should be among the least of concern in the non-politically correct world.</p>
<p>If a minority grew up in an almost entirely white middle-class town, with middle-class income parents, and went to the exact same school as every other white student, and for all intents and purposes had an identical education and upbringing as them, how can giving them an extra boost in college admissions be construed as fair? I don't think it can, and this is why I feel that admission leighway shouldn't be given based merely upon race alone. Knowing someone personally who more or less fits that description exactly in my home town, this is where my thinking is coming from.</p>
<p>I feel that the employment situation is different though. I don't think there is a much better way of remedying discrimination when hiring other than with AA. Whether or not AA in the workplace is doing the job well enough or too well, though, is another matter entirely.</p>