A majority of the society shares a common goal, to apply and be accepted into a college. College administrators choose which applicants to accept, except now many affirmative action programs require colleges to accept a specific percentage of a racial group. Affirmative action can be defined as a policy favoring minorities that provides them with equal opportunities for education or in the workplace.Oftentimes affirmative action is viewed as positive discrimination. Supporters of college affirmative action policies believe it is necessary to provide minorities with a chance to reach their full capabilities. However, with race based affirmative action policies, colleges are overlooking student's qualifications and making admission decisions based on a
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A major court case regarding college affirmative action plans was with Texas University. Abigail Fisher, a caucasian applicant, got denied admission. Abigail believed her denial was unjust. African American students who had lower qualifications than Fischer got admitted to the university. In the article Opinion: Opponents of Affirmative Action are Using a Flawed Theory it states “Fisher blamed so-called affirmative action policies for the fact that she was not admitted. Such policies require colleges to admit a certain percentage of nonwhite students. Fisher said affirmative action policies should be struck down as unconstitutional. She claimed they unfairly favor one group over another.”(The Scientific American). For the fear that colleges would be racist, affirmative action plans create a percentage point of students accepted who are in a racial minority. Under those circumstances, the admission process will be looking at race first rather than a person’s qualifications. A major goal of the constitution and of today’s society is that everyone should be treated equally no matter their ethnicity. College affirmative action plans overlook this philosophy, and exclude certain races because they
A major court case regarding college affirmative action plans was with Texas University. Abigail Fisher, a caucasian applicant, got denied admission. Abigail believed her denial was unjust. African American students who had lower qualifications than Fischer got admitted to the university. In the article Opinion: Opponents of Affirmative Action are Using a Flawed Theory it states “Fisher blamed so-called affirmative action policies for the fact that she was not admitted. Such policies require colleges to admit a certain percentage of nonwhite students. Fisher said affirmative action policies should be struck down as unconstitutional. She claimed they unfairly favor one group over another.”(The Scientific American). For the fear that colleges would be racist, affirmative action plans create a percentage point of students accepted who are in a racial minority. Under those circumstances, the admission process will be looking at race first rather than a person’s qualifications. A major goal of the constitution and of today’s society is that everyone should be treated equally no matter their ethnicity. College affirmative action plans overlook this philosophy, and exclude certain races because they