I love affirmative action

Non-Chalant1
Sun, 04 Mar 2007 19:21:59 +0000

Affirmative action is used to promote diversity and if you think about it AAs have only really been free for a little over 30 years. I would consider that a great deal of catching up to do. However all the AA in the world cannot change the mentality of most people. I still think that making it a national policy for their to be a socioeconomic blend in all public forms of education up until 12th grade would so some good. Then there would have to be a proper spread of the money. Sure busing would be a problem, but I say it would be worth it. I forgot where it is, but I believe it is someonewhere in Maryland where this is being practiced and the grades of the kids from poorer backgrounds are better when amongst other with high aspirations. However I know there are certain places in the US where this would not fly. Being an African-American I’m really stuck when it comes to affirmative action because I’ve seen so many people with wasted potential that suceed later on, but at the same time there are those who never blossom and it’s hard to tell someone who’s been working hard for their entire life to step aside. Still having certain schools when applying for a job such as Georgetown helps greatly in a lot of cases and being an AA I know that most are overlooked for top level jobs. Honestly I think it has a lot to do with culture because people with African parents like mine who are born in the US do better than American-born blacks, generally speaking. Though I identify more with American culture seeing how this is where I was born and raised. (PLus no one knows I have African parents unless I tell them…I guess they think we all look the same).