Another pillar of support for affirmative action is the fact that it is still upheld and supported by the courts. Out of the fifty states in the nation, eight states currently ban race-based affirmative action at all public universities. These states are California, Washington, Michigan, Nebraska, Arizona, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Oklahoma. The 2016 court case Fisher v. UT Austin upheld affirmative action within universities. In the supreme court opinion, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy said “Considerable deference is owed to a university in defining those intangible characteristics, like student body diversity, that are central to its identity and educational mission….But still, it remains an enduring challenge to our Nation’s education system to reconcile the pursuit of diversity with the constitutional promise of equal treatment and
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But as it is with many arguments, there is an opposing side to affirmative action. Within the last decade or so the public opinion of affirmative action has been relatively stable, most people believe that affirmative action shouldn’t be allowed. According to a recent poll done by Gallup.com, sixty-seven percent, or two thirds, of Americans believe that college admissions should be based solely off of merit, race should not be considered. Many argue that although affirmative action was a good idea and had a good start when discrimination and racism ran rampant among the citizens of our nation, it is no longer necessary. They argue that affirmative action is looking for a solution to a problem that no longer exists, we live in an age where all are treated equal and it is no longer necessary to try and give certain races an advantage over others. As well as that affirmative action often times only helps the minority applicants who are within the middle and upper class families. Which takes away from the lower class white and Asian families who actually meet the university's requirements and
But as it is with many arguments, there is an opposing side to affirmative action. Within the last decade or so the public opinion of affirmative action has been relatively stable, most people believe that affirmative action shouldn’t be allowed. According to a recent poll done by Gallup.com, sixty-seven percent, or two thirds, of Americans believe that college admissions should be based solely off of merit, race should not be considered. Many argue that although affirmative action was a good idea and had a good start when discrimination and racism ran rampant among the citizens of our nation, it is no longer necessary. They argue that affirmative action is looking for a solution to a problem that no longer exists, we live in an age where all are treated equal and it is no longer necessary to try and give certain races an advantage over others. As well as that affirmative action often times only helps the minority applicants who are within the middle and upper class families. Which takes away from the lower class white and Asian families who actually meet the university's requirements and