<p>Race: Mexican
Gender: Female
Economic Background: Middle
Parent's Education Level: no high school
SAT score: 1230
G.P.A.: 4.2
Class Rank: 33 of 600
A.A. Based on Race: bad
A.A. Based on economic background: GREAT!</p>
<p>I think there's room for Affirmative Action based both on race and on socioeconomic background. The charge that blacks and other minorities aren't oppressed anymore is a demonstrably false, and AA should be employed to compensate for the racial inequalities present in society. That said, it is my opinion that we are divided more by class than anything else. A lot of (but not all) of the inequalities between whites and minorities can be explained by socioeconomic factors, i.e. poor schools, less educated parents, lack of opportunity in general, etc. A rich black person certainly has more opportunity than a poor white person, that's for sure. In summation, I guess I support AA based on both criteria, but much more so for socioeconomic background. I also think there are other solutions, such as socializing education. The fact that the quality of one's public school is determined by the property taxes (and therefore wealth) of his neighbors is just abhorrent to me. We could go a long way towards eliminating the need for Affirmative Action if we tried to compensate for these kinds of social injustices.</p>
<p>EDIT: I'll also point out that I'm a huge hypocrite now, since I previously criticized the thread for deviating from its original purpose. But hey, tangential discussions are the spice of life, right?</p>
<p>"the white man's burdan", it's a classic poem. I hope you weren't serious filmxoxo, that poem epitomizes the pathetic excuses white men gave for their ruthless oppression. Damn, i'm starting to sound like a guilt-ridden liberal. Ever heard of social darwinism, survival of the fittest race?(j/k, but get over it already)</p>
<p>hhmmmm i wonder what political party the ppl against AA are in. Democrats should obviously be for AA and Republicans against...or at least thats normally so.</p>
<p>Or other/no affiliation, right? Talk about a false dichotomy...</p>
<p>If you follow the stereotype Republicans are normally middle class white ppl whereas Democrats are either extremely rich or poor</p>
<p>Really? To my understanding, Republicans are stereotypically rich or lower middle class (or just religious nutjobs :P), while Democrats are stereotypically poor or upper middle class.</p>
<p>race: Asian
gender: Male
economic background: Just in the middle.
parents education level: Bachelor's
SAT score: N/A (not taken yet)
GPA: 4.125/4.0
class rank: N/A (my school doesn't have a rank)
affirmative action based on race: bad
affirmative action based on economic background: Can't really tell.</p>
<p>hey GD i think John Kerry is about 10x richer than George W imo</p>
<p>by marriage</p>
<p>richness is richness...any way that you spin the coin he has the money ;)</p>
<p>Politicians don't count lol...wealth is a prerequisite for getting into politics, not having a particular party affiliation once you're there. Besides, I was referring to stereotypes, and rather facetiously at that.</p>
<p>buuuuuuuuuump</p>
<p>race: Asian
gender: Male
economic background: Lower Upper Class
parents education level: Both have master degrees
SAT score: 2210 (800M 710V 700W)
GPA:3.6UW without freshman year about a 3.9UW
class rank:don't know
affirmative action based on race: good or bad? Good
affirmative action based on economic background: good or bad? Good</p>
<p>race: indian
gender:m
economic background:upper middle
parents education level:mom- bachelors dad- masters
act score: 35
GPA:4.0
class rank:1/330
affirmative action based on race: bad
affirmative action based on economic background: good</p>
<p>Race: Mexican-American
Gender: Female
Economic Background: Ummm...about 35 K annually...so lower middle class
Parents Education Level: Mom-Bacholors Dad- HS dropout! lol
SAT Score: 2160
GPA: ~99.2
Class Rank: 4/826
Affirmative Action based on race: Good!!
Affirmative Action based on economic background: Good</p>
<p>race: korean american
gender: male
economic background: around the 50K
parents education level: mom just finished high school...my dad dropped out of high school.
SAT score: 1440(old)
GPA: 4.4545454/5.0
class rank: we go by deciles-> 1st decile
affirmative action based on race: good or bad? good...lets face it, URM's except asians face a lot of difficulties in life
affirmative action based on economic background: good or bad? good i guess...we should give everyone a fair shot at life</p>
<p>Asians face a lot of difficulties in life in a white-dominated, ethno-centric society too ;)</p>
<p>race: south asian (Indian)
gender: female
economic background: ~12K
parents education level: Mom and Dad both have Ph.Ds
SAT score: 1600(old)
GPA: N/A
class rank: top 10% of ~150
affirmative action based on race: pretty bad
affirmative action based on economic background: very bad since I'm an international student</p>
<p>race: Asian
gender: Male
economic background: middle class
parents education level: high school
SAT score: 1440
GPA: 4.0 unw
class rank: 3/435
affirmative action based on race: good or bad? bad
affirmative action based on economic background: good or bad? good</p>
<p>thanks! =)</p>