<p>bmoreyo, I honestly can't tell if you're for or against affirmative action. Your argument is bizzare and I have no idea what you're talking about.</p>
<p>Let's put it this way: because of AA, if a white person and a black person have EXACTLY the same stats, come from the same school, hold the same offices, and participate in the same sports, the black person will get in instead of the white person. You can't argue that, because it's the basis of AA. If two people each have 50 points based on their own merit, and one's black, the black person gets 2 points just for being black, and thus the college sends the white kid a rejection letter. But that's not my issue with AA; I don't believe it's anywhere close to a good solution and minorities are being cheated by it. It's like throwing a starving child some bread crumbs when you have a full loaf in your backpack. The starving kid is happy just to have the crumbs, unaware that he has the possibility of having the entire loaf. (I hope that made sense :/)</p>