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Originally posted by The_Dude
as a minority student (michigan only awards 20 pts to blacks and hispanics only, no other minorites.....) it's basically saying that you're not good enough to compete against other students, so we'll cut the corners for you.
i personally would be ashamed of using affirmative action as the reason to get into college.
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As a minority student who is in the top 1% of my class and top 3% in GRE, I'm not ashamed to use race as a qualifying factor. I
used to think that and have refused to submit my applications in the past on that basis.
However, recognizing that minority students haven't been prepared or have not had the same resources available to them as other, non-minority students does not denigrate one's personal achievements.
No one has ever stated that I wasn't "good enough" to compete against other students; rather, there is an understanding that personal attention, one-on-one counseling and grooming, up to date computers and textbooks gives well-funded school students an advantage that inner-city youth will never have access to unless systemic changes occur.
edit: the title of your thread is misleading. The Court was in majority support of affirmative action. 25 years ago only one Justice claimed race could be used as a factor. Now, 5 Justices found that race could be used as a factor but argued that the system in place was too blunt--they need to analyze each applicant indivually
along with the ability to take race into consideration.
Furthermore, they explicitly stated that this finding was only applicable to higher education.