Second, it is certain that affirmative action has benefited a group of people more than others. Initially, affirmative action was meant for federal contractors. Although, they were supposed to employee people without regards to their race, color, or national origin, studies have shown “that affirmative action helps white woman” (Nittle) more than women or men of color. In the Supreme Court case of Abigail Fisher versus the University of Texas, ironically, she is the type of person affirmative action benefits the most. But the ban of affirmative action has not always been a disadvantage for all minorities. In an article written by Glen Towns from the New York Amsterdam News, he mentined that African Americans have seen an increase in admissions at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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In 2007, the University of California, Los Angeles offered admission to the fall season to nearly 400 Black students, compared to 249 in 2006. In addition, Native American’s have also benefited from affirmative action. Even though the life on Indian reservations is below the standard of living, affirmative action has created a group of educated elites that have benefited the community in creating large business. To begin with, at Texas A&M University, the admission in Chicanos and African Americans has dropped an average of 6% after the ban on affirmative action in 1997. Although Texas A&M University has not reinstated the use of race in there admissions the enrolment of Chicanos went up to 19% in 2011. Despite the link between affirmative action and minorities, a group that is always excluded is Asian Americans. That is because the group is “highly represented on college campuses nationwide” (Nittle). Even though, Asian Americans have emerged as front-runners in academia they have faced challenges in admissions to universities in California. After Proposition 209 passed in California, Asian American admissions to University of California, Berkeley “grew from 37.3% in 1995 to 46.6% in 2000” (Golden). But in 2002, the Asian American community admissions to at University California, Los Angeles went from 89% to 69% in 2001, and at University California, Berkeley it dropped from 63% to 47%. Asian Americans are confronting greater obstacles than other minorities. For example, in 2002 a student by the name of “Albert Sin, an engineer’s son, was turned down by University California, Los Angeles and University California, Berkeley despite a 1540 SAT score” (Washington). Meanwhile, that same year, University California, Los Angeles accepted thirty-six students from South Gate High School and sixteen went to the University California, Berkeley. All with an average SAT score of 940. In addition, Chicanos, African Americans, and Native Americans could get an average of 1700 points applied to their admissions just because they are underprivileged when it comes to academics. In an article written by Daniel Golden from The Wall Street Journal, he mentioned applicants could accumulate points by joining an outreach program, submitting personal challenges on their essays, coming from low-income families, being a first generation college, and attending a low performing high school. This could possibly be equivalent between the difference of a 3.0 and 4.0 grade point average. Around the city of Cerritos, California, there are over 20 institutions that prepare a child for the SAT test. Most Chinese American families start SAT testing at the beginning of junior high school. Although academics
In 2007, the University of California, Los Angeles offered admission to the fall season to nearly 400 Black students, compared to 249 in 2006. In addition, Native American’s have also benefited from affirmative action. Even though the life on Indian reservations is below the standard of living, affirmative action has created a group of educated elites that have benefited the community in creating large business. To begin with, at Texas A&M University, the admission in Chicanos and African Americans has dropped an average of 6% after the ban on affirmative action in 1997. Although Texas A&M University has not reinstated the use of race in there admissions the enrolment of Chicanos went up to 19% in 2011. Despite the link between affirmative action and minorities, a group that is always excluded is Asian Americans. That is because the group is “highly represented on college campuses nationwide” (Nittle). Even though, Asian Americans have emerged as front-runners in academia they have faced challenges in admissions to universities in California. After Proposition 209 passed in California, Asian American admissions to University of California, Berkeley “grew from 37.3% in 1995 to 46.6% in 2000” (Golden). But in 2002, the Asian American community admissions to at University California, Los Angeles went from 89% to 69% in 2001, and at University California, Berkeley it dropped from 63% to 47%. Asian Americans are confronting greater obstacles than other minorities. For example, in 2002 a student by the name of “Albert Sin, an engineer’s son, was turned down by University California, Los Angeles and University California, Berkeley despite a 1540 SAT score” (Washington). Meanwhile, that same year, University California, Los Angeles accepted thirty-six students from South Gate High School and sixteen went to the University California, Berkeley. All with an average SAT score of 940. In addition, Chicanos, African Americans, and Native Americans could get an average of 1700 points applied to their admissions just because they are underprivileged when it comes to academics. In an article written by Daniel Golden from The Wall Street Journal, he mentioned applicants could accumulate points by joining an outreach program, submitting personal challenges on their essays, coming from low-income families, being a first generation college, and attending a low performing high school. This could possibly be equivalent between the difference of a 3.0 and 4.0 grade point average. Around the city of Cerritos, California, there are over 20 institutions that prepare a child for the SAT test. Most Chinese American families start SAT testing at the beginning of junior high school. Although academics