College Students Need Affirmative Action

At the end of the civil rights movement President Lyndon B Johnson began to refocus his goal on the success of everyone despite their race. The former President once said, "You do not take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say you are free to compete with all the others, and still just believe that you have been completely fair." Over the past fifty years our nation has become as accepting and unbiased as ever but with this new change it makes Affirmative Action seem less necessary. For everyone the college admission process is a long a grueling one but with the rise of Affirmative action and unofficial racial quotas this process may no longer be a fair …show more content…
The reality for many Asian and White students is that it is even more difficult to get into an elite school. Don’t get me wrong I don’t want to complain or anything but who does this truly help and does it provide the best solution to helping level the playing field? I’m not quite sure if it does. University student bodies need to be diverse and inclusive however this may change standards for different racial groups who may be at an academic disadvantage. This act was introduced soon after the civil rights movement and was specifically focused on encouraging equality in higher education and for the most part I give it a positive review. But now as racism has subsided for the most part, is Affirmative action a necessary practice or one that gives some racial subgroups the upper hand which in turn hinders others who statistically succeed more in academics? For the most part I still think the idea of Affirmative action is progressive and should be used in some degree however its counterpart unofficial Racial quotas are also put into practice and often with …show more content…
Furthermore if public schools provide 94 percent of college students then equality should really start there. To make academic opportunity fair we need to make national public schools a standard that needs to adhere to quality and equality so everyone has an opportunity. This as a result would be more effective in constructing strong foundations in students that would better prepare them for success after high school and even through universities. Of course this is a major long term solution but for now in the present we can make opportunity for higher education more achievable by funding public schools and voting for qualified and supportive members of government who would support equal public education (looking at you Betsy DeVos). Overall if we can fund public education in a national way that brings it to an elite standard then Affirmative action and policies like that will not be necessary truly making a fair playing field in the pursuit of