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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am mixed on the issue. On one hand, I definitely see their point. On the other side, what happens to African Americans and Hispanics who get bonus points to their score for their minority status. Do you change the criteria for universities to allow one group to have more students, Asians, knowing the ruling would really harm another minority group, African American and Hispanic. [/quote] shouldn't the strongest student be admitted without regard to race?  Shall we disadvantage one group to give favor to another? Sounds like discrimination pure and simple.[/quote]

You are missing why schools began looking at race. The US had a history of horrible discrimination against blacks. Seperate toilets, schools, sitting in the  back of a bus. (Not nonsense of confusing Asian 1st generation that came to college directly from China and 2nd generation Asian Americans born here whose parents came from China - and someone calling it racism on this thread)  The racism was bad and affirmative action was put in place to make up for horrible discrimination their ancestors faced.  This is how the US system rightfully started using race as a criteria. So if they are looking at race, it's all races that are a criteria. If you think about the history it's pretty clear why race was considered a criteria, not to discriminate but to make up for past discrimination. [/quote]

^ that is not the job of private colleges. I think they want to add different voices and experiences to the student body's discussions.  They don't want all white, or all Asian. They want some diversity. It benefits class discussions and helps students learn from one another.  And that is all good and legal.[/quote]

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