Affirmative Acti--I mean 'cultural diversity'? Bite me.

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>Yay or nay?</p>

<p>Nay. Admission should be academic and achievement based not racially (or "culturally") based. This is an academic institution not multicultural night at the local YMCA. Sorry, but it truly irritates me when you consider how people based on the color of their skin get admission boosts at most medical and law schools graduate school. Specifically, for those not familiar with law school admissions, an URM counts for an incredible boost in admission rates. 'What's is a URM', one might ask? Underrepresented minority.</p>

<p>Am I alone in my opinions??</p>

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<p>i think you’re going to need this…</p>

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<p>Cal doesn’t practice AA. Also, wrong forum.</p>

<p>Obvious ■■■■■ is obvious.</p>

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<p>i have met some minority students who definitely deserve to be here and some that don’t. its the same as for any other race. and cavilier’s right-Cal doesnt practice AA so everyone in this school got in on their own merit.</p>

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<p>prop. 209 basically made affirmative action illegal in public institutions (the UCs fall under 'public institutions.) and hence, no affirmative action is practiced by any of the UCs.</p>

<p>Secondly, in institutions where affirmative action does take place, it’s considered to make things fair for urms. a majority of urms lack many of the financial/community resources as their more affluent peers have. </p>

<p>even take two people from the same city: a person living in south los angeles probably has significantly less resources at his/her disposal than a person living in westwood for example.</p>

<p>at the end of the day though, URMs usually require special programs (such as tutoring) because they’re not accademically prepared for the work that they’re put into in top-tier institutions. but again, this is due to a lack of resources at their disposal, in addition to at times having to work to support the family, alcoholism (for native americans for example) etc.</p>

<p>there are both good and bad points to the debate.</p>

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<p>The UC technically gets slightly around Prop 209 because admissions works to the get students from all school districts represented into the system, and some districts are gerrymandered to be full of people from specific groups, but Waiting4College’s point is more or less accurate.</p>