HB #905
Ban Affirmative Action
Affirmative action is a problem in society. It gives an unfair advantage to minorities in colleges than to whites. It gives the upper hand to minorities that might not deserve it over people who worked hard to earn their spot. It causes reverse racism; it is designed to end racism however it actually justifies racism by its own actions. It judges people by skin color and gender rather than talents and abilities.
There are many facts that demonstrate how affirmative action is a problem in our society today. It causes more segregation in colleges by unfairly giving advantages to some minorities (David Sacks). There are many problems focusing around the decision to emphasis diversity vs. fairness (Leo Nhardt). Even if past discrimination of minorities has caused present disabling affects in their descendants it does not follow that affirmative action is the best response (Eastland). It also embeds racism in future generations (Siskind).
Our solution is to ban affirmative action. No one gets unfair advantages. You get into colleges based on talents and skills, not race or ethnicity. If you have worked hard, and have talents and skills, you will get into college regardless of your race or ethnicity, because you deserve to be there for what you have accomplished.
Many people will oppose our plan. People may say that affirmative action has helped employers and other gatekeepers of opportunity understand that the United States is indeed a nation of many peoples races-potentially as many as are found on the globe itself. (Eastland) Many believe even with affirmative action, there still are racist judgments of another . A recent experiment revealed that when black and white college students were given the same resume and sent to the same employers during the study, the only difference being race; that whites received job offers 41% more than blacks and were offered wages 17% higher. (Wood)
Regardless of this opposition, we believe our plan will work for many reasons. Just like many other peoples opinion, we also see it as another form of discrimination, giving one group extra advantages based upon nothing but their skin color. (Cline)
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