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Affirmative Action:

Author: Sue C. | Category: Politics | Date: 02-14-2022

Read these two articles on Affirmative Action and post your thoughts on the following questions in the "Comments" section below:

2. Do you think that affirmative action in college admissions should be allowed to continue? Why or why not?

Affirmative Action: For and Against
https://new.debateus.org/the-affirmative-action-debate-2/

Gaps in the Debate About Asian Americans and Affirmative Action at Harvard
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/gaps-debate-asian-americans-affirmative-action-harvard/

About: Sue C.

Hi All: Like most people in the Bay Area, I'm sheltering at home. I'm trying to use this opportunity to catch up on projects that are on my back burner and trying not to feel too anxious about the worst case scenarios that are circulating.

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Aiden Chen

1. At first, I found it rather counter-intuitive that affirmative action promotes access to higher education for marginalized students. Usually when you hear anything about "taking race into account" it is marked with a bad connotation and so my initial reaction was confusion as to the ...Read more juxtaposition of these two ideas. However, after reading the article a bit more I started agreeing more with the author's opinion. The author brings up that affirmative action helps increase admission of students of color in lower classes. Not only is affirmative action helpful for students of color, but also helps other demographics of the Asian American population, such as Cambodian and Hmong Americans, get accepted more too. 2. I think that affirmative action should continue. It *might* affect my chances in getting accepted into the college I want, but I feel that it is important that the policy stays around to help less fortunate people. If I get into the college that I want, though, affirmative action will also give the campus more diversity Less

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Jazlynn Chuo

1. Your thoughts on the arguments for and against as voiced by the authors of the articles. Be sure to refer to their arguments, so we will know that you understood their viewpoints and are using them as reference points. I believe that affirmative action of college admissions will help ethnic ...Read more diversity within universities. The second article states that affirmative action is necessary to ensure diversity by giving fair and non-discriminative access to all students of color. The first article points out in favor of affirmative action that creating a diverse community in universities will provide a community that is similar to real life, which is a benefit. 2. Do you think that affirmative action in college admissions should be allowed to continue? Why or why not? I think that affirmative action in college admissions should be allowed to continue because they provide a diverse community and overall allow for a diverse group of admissions into colleges. Besides creative equal opportunities, considering race in college admissions will help the next step to reform equity. Less