<p>I also rarely debate AA because it is impossible to come to some form of a consensus. However, I could not resist when I saw MDawg198's comments: "Not hiring someone because they are a minority is simply racist. If you perform well at the school, you'll put yourself in good position." AA is such a controversial topic that affects everyone, not just students. It causes stress in racial relations and does breed resentment. If the price of diversity on campus is AA associated prejudice, then it's too high. It is ironic that "if you perform well at the school, you'll put yourself in a good position" because taken out of context, that can apply to performing well in high school to put oneself in a good position for college. Many worthy applicants perform well yet are in disadvantageous positions when it comes to college because they arent "desirable race. Not selecting someone because they are not a minority is simply racist. And finally, the definition of discrimination: Treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit. Affirmative action is DISCRIMINATION and is the most ugly form of racism because people actually believe that it is "equitable". It is a perpetuation of prejudice. Will our world eventually evolve into that of Harrison Bergeron's?</p>
<p>yujin:</p>
<p>Check the Parents Forum under the thread Minorities. You can check out alot of info. You can see why Asians are getting the short stick in admissions.</p>
<p>I am totally against it. On the point of AA, I split with my party ideology (guess which way I lean)...Seriously, first generation immigrant, chinese, parents started out with literally nothing...are you telling me that I am at an advantage when compared to other people of race who have been living in the U.S. for generations, with a nice suburb house and a white picket fence...that thought is just completely perplexing to me.</p>
<p>I can't possibly respond to all these posts due to lack of time, but I'll say this:</p>
<p>Affirmative action is controversial. Everyone has their stance, and that's fine. It's common knowledge that colleges give advantage to lots of people. This includes athletes, legacies, 1st generation, race, sex, etc. We could argue about this all day every day, and I'm going to stop posting on this thread. It's not solving anything. Good luck to everyone with their college applications, and hopefully you'll receive acceptance letters from those aforementioned colleges.</p>
<p>MDawg198,</p>
<p>I was quite a radical person when I was 17. I was very pro-minority and very vocal in arguing about everything. Although I still am this way, I have calmed down a lot. My saying now is "you cant change the world" or "you cant change stupid peoples minds." While I am not calling anyone in particular stupid right now, I will say that in the real world, most people are against minorities anyway. In fact, people tend to defend the race they come from regardless of minority status. Do you really think you are going to change peoples minds on this board? All it is going to do is create enemies. That is why I have stayed away from this argument even though I have been so tempted to join in. Although I have never said I was for or against AA, I think you (and a few others) have done a good job in presenting your points while some people really showed their ugly sides. I think it is good that you are getting out of the line of fire.</p>
<p>Mdag198</p>
<p>That's the point. How are they going to know if I was accepted at X university because AA?. I think that If they have the doubt they will lean towards thinking I was (we always tend to see the worst). I have read many papers and articles that prove that at the end AA affected black people because every time an employer saw a black graduate from Harvard (for example) they tended to think that he or she only went there because of AA.</p>
<p>But I respect your opinion completely. It is just a matter of where you are standing. I think that AA is kind of like racism against white people.</p>
<p>I think that all this discussion will take us nowhere. The tests are biased?, mmm, then do you think that I should be complaining because English is not my native language and I don't live in the US? Of course not, If we want to go to college (grad school in my case) we have to abide by the rules. Learn to think like they require in the test (even when it is harder for some of us). And I repeat, don't some of you think AA can be seen as racism against white people?</p>
<p>Being that you are from another country doesn't have anything to do with the test being bias.</p>
<p>And yes, some people believe it goes against whites which is why it can sometimes be called "reverse discrimination."</p>