<p>You all know what I'm talking about. Eversince the introduction of affirmative action, less qualified minorities have gotten preference over similar students of the ethinic majority. And because(and forgive me for being so stereotypical), Asians tend to have higher grades, it is now harder for Asians, who are a definite minorities, to get accepted into colleges, sometime even harder than similarly qualified white students.</p>
<p>Is this trend acceptable? Is it another form of racial profiling? Should we risk having a new form of racial discrimination to achieve "diversity"? Or are we being paranoid about this? Is there any middle ground that can be found?</p>
<p>we're not paranoid its a fact and totally unfair. affirmative action sucks period. i'm asian n because of tat im prolly gonna have a hard time getting accepted to where i want to go...especially since asians are held in such high standards. affirmative action pretty much goes against racial equality i mean the acceptance rates shouldn't be based on what ethnicity u r but whether or not ur qualified!</p>
<p>from my perspective and the people that I personally know, my black and hispanic friends usually have parents that did not go to college while most of my asian and white friends have parents that did go to college. there are exceptions, but for the most part, most of the people that I know whose parents did not go to college are absolutely clueless when it comes to college admissions and have no idea what it takes to get into college. some of them dont even know that colleges have financial aid. having a parent that went to college can make a world of difference. you get advice from someone whose already been there and at least you can talk to them about things like the sat's and they will understand. my parents were not able to make it to high school because of financial circumstances and it is extremely difficult for them to understand the reason why i do some things. and they can never help me with my homework. some of the really brilliant kids that I know would not be in the situation that they are in if it wasnt for their parents help. for this reason, i think that affirmative action is fair to a certain extent because it is much much harder to do anything if you dont have some advantages (parents who went to college make more money than parents who didnt go, and other things). of course it would be stupid to assume that because one has asian or white parents, that they are richer and advantaged, so they must be held to a higher standard. this is completely dumb, and i have some asian friends whose parents did not go to college and they are also clueless. affirmative action should help them too because after all, isn't the purpose of affirmative action to help those who are at a disadvantage? personally, i take it as a bit of an insult when they have things like the national achievement and hispanic finalist thing, because the cutoff score is so low. colleges need affirmative action because some people have potential and just need a little help. for example, dont you think that 2000 sat score from any person in a horrible violent school is a lot more impressive than a 2350 from somebody whose had years of test prep in a highly regarded prep school? i believe the "middle ground" would be for colleges to give preference to ANY person who is disadvantaged, not just those who are disadvantaged and are black, hispanic, or native american.</p>