Affirmative Action

Affirmative action was first created to create a more diverse environment. Although this still holds true, I believe that it has been taken way too far. I don't think affirmative action should be followed. Colleges and Universities should accept kids based on their academic, athletic, and leadership backgrounds, and not their ethnic backgrounds. If a school chooses it students that way, then it will be very tough for kids to call them racist, sexist, etc... Instead of having to meet quotas in terms of having a specific number of minorities, the school would be able to choose kids that would best fit their school. If this means less diversity, then so what? I don't disagree with schools trying to create a more diverse learning environment, but if it means taking spots away from more deserving kids, then it isn't right. It's different if 2 kids have the same grades, one's white and one's a minority, and a school wants to take the minority for more diversity. That's OK. But let's say there's an Asian kid and a Hispanic kid. The Asian kid has much better grades, but the school wants more Hispanic kids for diversity. So, the school takes the Hispanic kid...that's what creates problems. The best way to avoid those problems is to avoid the 'affirmative action' policies and choose kids based on what's important.
People may argue that having diversity creates a better learning environment. I'm a strong believer that everybody comes from different backgrounds and everybody has their own stories. Just because someone is from a different country or has a different skin color, doesn't mean they bring something extraordinarily different. I'm all for having diversity, but I don't think there's any need to force it.