Should Race Be A Factor In College's Admission Decision?

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Should race be a factor in college’s admission decision? Do you find this fair? I truly believe that race shouldn’t play any type of factor in college. Why should only a certain race be able to go to one special college? For example let’s say Harvard only accepted white people and you were Hispanic or African American, how would you feel? Do you think that’s alright? I for one hand being Hispanic would absolutely hate that. What if there was no such thing as race? What would be judge people by? There blue eyes, brown eyes, blonde hair, black hair. People it’s just a color there is no need to judge no one we are all be equal, we all have blood running through our veins, and we are all human beings! Blog.ivywise.com said “Behind closed doors,

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