<p>The only thing bad about that is the subsidary message that is sent, that tacitly suggest minorities are inferior academically and therefore need the boost.</p>
<p>only to those who already feel that way.</p>
<p>Dbate:</p>
<p>I get what you're saying and agree with your point, but there are a lot of people who come from tough backgrounds, even Asians. We had this senior who is the son of farmers from Vietnam. They escaped on a boat to Hong Kong and then flew here before he was born. Your grandparents didn't have access to a good education, but his grandparents and parents had no access to an education at all. His parents couldn't even read. He worked harder than anyone I've known, and his dream was to go to Harvard or Yale (schools that his parents would recognize). He had really good numbers, but he got rejected from both schools. Our school had two people accepted by Harvard this year and one to Yale. Two of these three were URMs who were below him in class rank.</p>
<p>This guy ended up going to a good college (Rice) but it was hard for him not to achieve his dream.</p>