Why I am opposed to Affirmative Action

Because it’s wrong, the end. Seriously. Many states are now challenging their affirmative action programs. All of these laws created to help black people "recover" from centuries of oppression are completely missing the mark. Sorry that’s not even correct, it’s supposed to encourage diversity. As it stands the amout of women and people of color you have the more benefits you receive.

Black people especially are seen a incapable of securing an education and a good job at large companies on their own solely due to their skin color. Because as we all know no black person ever obtained a college degree or secured a good job with a "white-owned" company before the advent of affirmative action. Whites in this country are still so racist that not one white controlled major company or university would allow intelligent, hard working, law abiding, honest negroes anywhere near their establishments. Racist ideas are now bannished from the country. So glory be that we have affirmative action to force the racist good ole boys into diversifying by force.

Why I as a black female am I so opposed? Because it has more of a negative than positive impact on me. I’m a super minority. I don’t want to be labeled as such. If my grades and test scores are not high enough to get into college then I should have been DENIED. If universities want to encourage minority enrollment I’m all for it, but don’t force it on them. If white student X has to have a certain GPA and SAT score Black student Y should have the same thing. Race should not be taken into account any more than the ability to pay should be. This should also apply to student athletes if the admission requirements dictate a certain level of scholarship the ballers need to fit into that too. I personally don’t appreciate skilled dumb as a brick athletes taking up precious space in class while biding their few years before going pro.

What the US goverment should do is create explicit and strict rules concerning work place and educational discrimination. The consequences of denying work or education to a person based on race or gender should be extreme, suspension of accreditation, major million dollar fines and possible business license removal. This is a better way to ensure equality. If you’re on the up and up you can have an all white company. There aren’t always minorites qualified in every field that apply for specific jobs. When you have black people getting hired and promoted soley based on their race you get the DC government (I wouldn’t with that on anyone).

If affirmative action doesn’t end they should at least alter it to reflect real historical discrimination. To get it you should have to prove that you are directly affected by some atrocity. No Latino, Asian, Middle Eastern, African, West Indian person in this country deserves to benefit from affirmative action. They came here on their own, any mistreatment you suffered is your own fault. Because if you open it up to them what’s to say decendents of Irish, Jewish, Russian, German, Italian immigrants should be given the same benefits? They all suffered forms of discrimination as well. Damn near anyone in this country can claim discrimination or hardship based on their race, religion, sexuality or ethnicity.

I know the awful history of this country but I can’t sit around and expect to be rewarded because my ancestors were enslaved. I’d much rather my 40 acres and mule (or hybrid). Isn’t that why our ancestors wanted to be free, to be able to live our own lives, to have our own property, housing, jobs, education for our children? Didn’t Martin and Malcolm preach that we want to be treated fairly with no attention being paid to our race, because race is unimportant in these two aspects of life. When race is forced to be acknowledged is divides instead of unites.