Explain Why Race Should Not Be A Factor In College Admissions

Affirmative action is the act of hiring or encouraging the promotion of minorities, often dealing with race. Many colleges across the United States offer “minority scholarships”. This is a form of affirmative action. These schools offer scholarships to the lesser common with the hopes of creating a more diverse atmosphere. Colleges should not only accept those of solely one race. This essay will explain why race should or should not be a factor in college admissions and why. The first reason that race shouldn’t determine college admissions is because every citizen in America, regardless of rights, equal rights. If a Hispanic has better tests scores than an African-American, has more community services, and has a better college resume, the Hispanic should be the student accepted. Now if the African-American had the better scores, services, and resume, than he should be the one accepted. It is as simple as who is best fit for the college. …show more content…
It is good to be diverse, but if people are getting accepted into college because their race is a minority it is not fair. If a mostly African-American college only accepts a white student in order to make the school more diverse, he for one didn’t earn it. Also, lets say there was another African-American student that was more fit for college and wasn’t accepted because he wasn’t in the was in the majority. Is it fair that despite the fact that the African-American was more capable and best suite, he wasn’t accepted because he was in the majority? It may make the school appear better but it surely isn’t what is