<p>if i understand this correctly, a study done by Thomas J. Espenshade and Change Y. Chung from Princeton university shows the advantages and disadvantages as far as race goes at elite institutions using SAT points…
African Americans: +230
Hispanics: +185
Asians: -50
they dont have white ppl…im not sure y they didnt look that up
As someone who has been helped and hurt (or I feel) by Affirmative Action, I think its wrong to base college admissions on race. I hate to think that race, something I cannot control, should be a factor in whether I get into a school or not. I know way too many people who were African American or Hispanic who got into an institution over a white or Asian kid who had better scores. I also know way too many African Americans and Hispanics who have gotten in with great scores, but still have people snickering behind their backs that they only got in because of their race, even though they were qualified. Why should some races have to compete at a higher standard then others? It’s an insult to the African American and Hispanic community (because for some reason affirmative action assumes they cannot compete at the same level as the rest of the world…which is how I interpretted it when it happened to me) and as far as “diversity” goes, the color of someone’s skin does not mean that they will somehow bring diversity to the table…that’s like assuming an African American who has been going to a white private school all his life has a totally different perspective from a white kid who has been going to the same private school and living in the same community. If Affirmative Action applied to socioeconomic status, then maybe I can understand…I mean, what if we were to say that there were suddenly qoutas on the NBA, because there were too many African Americans, and they picked ppl who were not nearly as talented based on race…it just doesn’t make sense in any other context, so why can it be applied to education? Also, Asians seem to be getting gipped, -50 SAT scores? Is that really fair to be putting a qouta (and yes, I feel it has come to that) on one race to make sure the others succeed? Sounds like the qoutas put on the Jewish people, which was declared illegal!
I feel the African Americans and Hispanics are just as intelligent, and can have just as high averages…and if for some reason that doesn’t work out, then maybe there is something wrong with the way the college board assesses students.</p>