<p>The "college campuses should reflect the real world" argument is one of the stupidest things I've ever heard. The 70%, white, 11% black, 14% Latino, 5% Asian ratio might be the overall ratio in America, but I highly doubt that there is a neighborhood or workplace with that ratio, or even a similar one. Let's say that a person wants to go into law or banking, a field dominated by whites, or engineering, which is made up of Whites and Asians. How is going to a racially diverse college with lots of URMs going to better prepare him for entry into one of those fields?</p>
<p>Alright I just read the first 6 pages of this forum...and I can't help but feel that it is absolutely necessary for me to point out a few things.
Firstly, I'm a Bangladeshi immigrant from a more challenging background than 90% of the students. I'm Asian..but I'd be helped because of my background. Granted, I don't run around talking about that as an advantage/disadvantage..cause I've discovered a simple fact.
In the last two years, my family has gotten settled in and I now have very comfortable living conditions...so I can't ***** too much about background anymore.</p>
<p>All of you guys that are shedding blood, sweat, and tears over this....think for a second. Being an Asian, although I was raised by unorthodox means relative to the stereotype, I'd like to "pick" on that crowd first. For the ones with 2300+ SATs and what not, do you realize how selfish and ignorant you're being with this argument? Hell, I'll consider myself in the same crowd with you guys even though my scores aren't that good, but face the *****ing truth. You want to get a good education and find inner enlightenment through the seeking of knowledge. Does it really matter if you don't get into Stanford? Since you know, there are NOT other colleges with good teachers that don't have the name tag appeal. Oh let me guess, you know the work ethic and knowledge you picked up en route to getting those grades....oh they're absolutely worthless. The rest of your life is gonna be horrible now. Same goes for elitist white kids. I understand theres enormous family pressure, but why tie your self-image so strongly to whether or not you are accepted by an arbitrary decision of others? I can guarantee that most people talking about AA hardcore aren't the ones that affirmative action was made for. Those kids aren't on college confidential forums. They are either out on the street doing drugs because they have reached a state of despair about the initial investment necessary in education for it to pay off or are working their asses off to put bread on the table. </p>
<p>Affirmative action has its problems... no doubt, and if there was a clear cut fix to it, it would have been implemented. The fact of the matter is, it does bring new perspective; a kid raised in the projects could provide a thought invoking personal issue on a topic that wouldn't cross the mind of another who has always had food on the table. Regardless of whether or not it should exist, those that are discussing it in this forum, some of the brightest students of the new generation, should look at education as a selfless art in the quest for betterment and not as something that either <strong><em>ed or un</em></strong>ed someone. </p>
<p>Just hope you guys read this amidst the battle on this topic that I'm sure will resume shortly after.</p>
<p>holyschemp: Let the topic die. The end.</p>