Affirmative Action Pros

In today’s society Affirmative Action in Higher Education has been a heated debate for many years now. Affirmative action is a set of guidelines that take into consideration certain factors such as race, color, religion, gender, and origin. With the elimination of Affirmative Action our society and the higher education system has the potential to eliminate stereotyping and discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, and origin. Martin Luther King Jr. once said "A man should be judged, not by the color of his skin, but the content of his character".
While Affirmative Action started out as a valid way of removing inequality created by years of coercion to minorities, it has created a society which values skin color more than merit