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Student Offers Argument Against Affirmative Action

As the Supreme Court weighs another affirmative action case this week, a student at Cal State University Fullerton let his classmates know the practice has serious flaws.

Writing in The Daily Titan, Ian O’Brien notes in a column titled “Affirmative Action Ultimately Hurts Students, Universities” that the “idea of equality being achieved with affirmative action needs closer examination.”

While affirmative action may bring in more minorities, it could have the potential of excluding other communities of color that have been overrepresented in universities.

Affirmative action has been designed as a way to negate the discrimination minorities endured back in the civil rights era. This line of thinking may backfire. It makes it seem that minorities are unable to move up in society without assistance from public policy, reinforcing the idea that they are perpetually inferior.

While it may be a valid idea to assist individuals who have been historically disadvantaged, it makes no sense to punish groups of people for having consistently performed quality work.

It is not possible to choose what race or family an individual is born into, so a better ideal of equality would mean evaluating everyone on the same basis.

Public universities should take a more results oriented approach to its admissions policies. If minority applicants with lower than average qualifications are seen to have the potential to succeed in college, the universities evaluating their applications should send their information to a less selective university that has the resources to help them succeed.

Admitting an applicant, regardless of color, who is underqualified to combat the rigor of a university’s curriculum could inadvertently strain the university’s resources, as the student may take longer to graduate.

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