On June 23rd of 2016, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that in the case of Fisher v. University of Texas At Austin, also known as Fisher II, affirmative action was fair and that Miss Fisher was not cheated out of a spot at UT Austin. Affirmative action is the act of benefiting people of an underprivileged group who presently or historically have known to be victims of inequity or discrimination. In terms of college applications, it means that African Americans, Native Americans, and Hispanics are prioritized over Caucasians and Asians. Miss Fisher claimed that people of color who had less credentials than her got into UT Austin, and that the only difference between her and applicants who got into the college was the color of their
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A prosperous African American woman shares her success story, “Affirmative action gave me an opportunity, but I cracked the books, did the work, and passed the tests” (Rockwell). People seem to have the misconception that minority people might not work as hard when the standard is supposedly set lower, but instead an opportunity would only encourage people of color to work even harder to achieve something that was previously unattainable. The minority groups who do get into college with the help of affirmative action are not slackers and work hard to defeat the unfair prejudices that used to plague them. A person who is better skilled on paper doesn’t necessarily have the work ethic that will get them through college, and looking at successes on a few admissions cannot express a person as a whole. It is more important to evaluate the growth of a person because someone who has their life handed to them with SAT classes, tutoring, and top notch education isn’t necessarily more qualified than a person of color who didn’t have the privilege of an adequate education system and instead persevered without any help. While a person who has a higher SAT score seems like a better candidate, one score cannot show how tirelessly the individual worked for their score. Growth and work ethics are essential factors to look at when accepting prospect students because someone who knows how to work hard will accomplish much more than someone who doesn’t know how to function without the luxury that they have grown accustomed to. To address the reverse racism concern, “There has never, ever, ever been a national set of laws or system put in place to systematically oppress white people or push them to a status that is ‘less than,’” (Lewis). Historically, there has never been any sort
A prosperous African American woman shares her success story, “Affirmative action gave me an opportunity, but I cracked the books, did the work, and passed the tests” (Rockwell). People seem to have the misconception that minority people might not work as hard when the standard is supposedly set lower, but instead an opportunity would only encourage people of color to work even harder to achieve something that was previously unattainable. The minority groups who do get into college with the help of affirmative action are not slackers and work hard to defeat the unfair prejudices that used to plague them. A person who is better skilled on paper doesn’t necessarily have the work ethic that will get them through college, and looking at successes on a few admissions cannot express a person as a whole. It is more important to evaluate the growth of a person because someone who has their life handed to them with SAT classes, tutoring, and top notch education isn’t necessarily more qualified than a person of color who didn’t have the privilege of an adequate education system and instead persevered without any help. While a person who has a higher SAT score seems like a better candidate, one score cannot show how tirelessly the individual worked for their score. Growth and work ethics are essential factors to look at when accepting prospect students because someone who knows how to work hard will accomplish much more than someone who doesn’t know how to function without the luxury that they have grown accustomed to. To address the reverse racism concern, “There has never, ever, ever been a national set of laws or system put in place to systematically oppress white people or push them to a status that is ‘less than,’” (Lewis). Historically, there has never been any sort