<p>Please do not call me a racist. I am of a very mixed ethnic background, with links to almost every continent. </p>
<p>I am against Affirmative Action.</p>
<p>Why should diversity come from skin tone? Diversity should come from varied majors, varied talents, varied passions... not varied appearances.</p>
<p>What do you guys think?</p>
<p>Can't wait to see how quickly this thread gets out of control...</p>
<p>Yeah, I think you're beating a dead horse, people are either for or against it, there really is no point in discussing it since everyone who argues either side is so stubborn that they can't convince the other side...</p>
<p>lol he's just trying to stir up an argument.</p>
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<p>Why should diversity come from skin tone? Diversity should come from varied majors, varied talents, varied passions... not varied appearances.
Affirmative Action wasn't implemented with the sole purpose of increasing diversity; it was actually started to help close the almost 400 year gap between black and white achievement due to slavery and segregation. Diversity was only an added bonus...</p>
<p>But yeah, I agree that this conversation has been hashed and rehashed about a thousand times on CC, so do we really need another thread discussing the same thing. </p>
<p>To the OP, if you wanna read some other opinions about AA you could just use the "Search" function and search Affirmative Action. You'd get tons of hits full of differing opinions!!</p>
<p>No, I'm not... I'm new to CC and I'm just trying to see what the opinions are... I'm not trying to be inflammatory :(</p>
<p>lol this is a topic that will get people incredibly angry at each other...</p>
<p>Okay never mind then let's drop it. (No sarcasm.)</p>
<p>AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IS A JOKE, WHY LET SOME STUPID HISPANIC STUDENTS TAKE THE SPOTS OF BETTER QUALIFIED CAUCASIANS?! WHO'S WITH ME...WHITE POWER!</p>
<p>(I'm Cuban :)</p>
<p>prostudent is now very confused.</p>
<p>If u want to see an affirmative action scuffle, this should entertain you... <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=342549&page=2%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=342549&page=2</a></p>
<p>Here we go again....</p>
<p>yea...just read the 300 something posts on this thread</p>
<p>it starts off on another topic but it transitions into an affirmative action debate</p>
<p>I agree with Tonyt88. Affirmative action, especially on an academic-oriented forum like CC, is a very sensitive and explosive issue.</p>
<p>It boils down to a values judgment. Are some Americans entitled to preferential treatment?</p>
<p>I say no. Others say yes.</p>
<p>I believe that all Americans should be treated equally, without regard to race, ethnicity, gender, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, and so forth. When I say “without regard,” I mean these should not be considered at all. Though the pro-affirmative action crowd would suggest otherwise, this is not a radical belief. Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote of a “nonracial basis” in his Brown<a href="1955">/u</a> opinion.</p>
<p>I believe that the Civil Rights Movement is unfinished because we still live in a society that places value on categorizing people on aforementioned factors.</p>
<p>I believe that all individuals are inherently unique. Therefore, any policy that seeks to increase “diversity” is misguided. Even identical twins, who share the exact same DNA, have different personalities.</p>
<p>I applaud the Americans who are working to bring this issue to the ballots at the state-level. Our President won’t touch this issue. Congress won’t touch this issue. Only the American people can decide the fate of affirmative action.</p>
<p>Groups like the NAACP and BAMN have utterly failed to adapt to the challenge of Ward Connerly and the Civil Rights Initiatives he has helped co-found. Unless they change their tired, ineffective, and frequently ridiculous tactics, I foresee many more states abolishing racial preferences.</p>
<p>this is just like prostudent's public vs. prep thread. i say he's purposely trying to start a flame war. but anyway...</p>
<p>There are so many of these threads ..</p>
<p>fabrizio,
You might be interested to follow this thread, as it just opened on Parents. I'll be reading it, too, natch:</p>
<p>To the OP:<br>
In fact there are lots of 'diversity' aspects that are considered in admissions, including the areas you mention, but yes, race & ethnicity are among those.</p>
<p>Not this again! Don't you high schoolers have anything better to do?</p>