People often criticize what they don’t attempt to understand.
The continuous debate surrounding affirmative action is
testament to this. Quite honestly, in this time of college
admissions, no one is guaranteed admissions based on GPAs and
test scores alone. College acceptance can also be about those
who have potential and need new challenges because they have
exhausted the resources in their current situation. We all have
expectations given our credentials within our meritocratic
society, but it would be a huge mistake to forget history.
Racial minorities were not afforded the equal opportunity to
earn, vote and exercise their rights, based on legalized
discrimination. This identity of skin color cannot be changed or
hidden. Indeed, much progress has been made, as we are now 150
years past the abolition of slavery. Many people forget that
other discriminatory policies were legalized that created more
barriers, such as the Black Codes and Jim Crow laws, which
lasted for 80 years even after the abolition of sla