The very first question I'd like to ask when in comes to affirmative action in higher education system in the U.S. is, "Who are the beneficiary of such policy?" Obviously, it's not "minority students". At least not all minority students.
The statistics from UC system as well as other colleges clearly shows that the racial groups that ends with biggest benefit are blacks, Hispanics, American Indians and a small subset of Asian students. Ironically, it's also very evident when looking at almost every photo of rallies and protests as seen above.
The affirmative action policy in recent years has created more controversies that any other topics involving higher education; well, rising education cost may be an exception.
I don't see how asking for extra points in college admission review based on the color of skin is any different from asking for an add-on point to high school GPA.
According to the founder of 80-20 organization, Princeton professor Thomas Espenshade and researcher Alexandria Walton Radford’s 2009 study found that “Asian-American applicants to first-tier universities on average must score 140 points higher than whites and 270 points higher than Hispanics and 450 points higher than blacks." That almost sounds like there is some sort of racial quota is in place.
The original intention of affirmative action policies has been to offer a small remedy to address the enduring legacy of chattel slavery, Jim Crow, and centuries of state-sanctioned racial subordination.
Groups such as the Chinese-American Institute for Empowerment, the National Council of Chinese Americans and the Chinese Alliance for Equality turned to social and ethnic media after SCA5 cleared the California Senate in late January to mobilize the community to oppose the bill.
Facing the strong resistance from multiple organization, California Assembly Speaker John Perez and state Sen. Ed Hernandez announced that they will hold off on moving forward with SCA5, a proposed constitutional amendment that would repeal the education provisions of Prop 209, an affirmative action ban.
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