Michigan's Prop 2 to ban affirmative action

[ufdale]

I have a huge problem with affirmative action.
If we say that minorities should be given an extra hand because they had less opportunities (poor schools, parents didn't go to college, whatever), then what about white children who went to the same schools, same background? The majority of children in poverty are white children and it seems that these are the kids that are getting left behind the most.
I'm native american. Of course I'm going to check the NA/I box (if it asks, should I deny it?), but did I need help getting into college? No. Both of my parents went to college, there also was enough money for me to attend college, but just because I am NA I recieved dozens of offers for grants/loans/scholarships that my white bf (who really needed the money) didn't receive.
Sure minorities might need extra help (due to condition, not race), but are we going about this the best way? Are we helping those minorities who need help the most? I think of America as more of a class based society, than race based. (But would people want to check lower class, middle or upper?)

[AKA_Monet]

Originally Posted by ufdale

I have a huge problem with affirmative action.
If we say that minorities should be given an extra hand because they had less opportunities (poor schools, parents didn't go to college, whatever), then what about white children who went to the same schools, same background? The majority of children in poverty are white children and it seems that these are the kids that are getting left behind the most.
I'm native american. Of course I'm going to check the NA/I box (if it asks, should I deny it?), but did I need help getting into college? No. Both of my parents went to college, there also was enough money for me to attend college, but just because I am NA I recieved dozens of offers for grants/loans/scholarships that my white bf (who really needed the money) didn't receive.
Sure minorities might need extra help (due to condition, not race), but are we going about this the best way? Are we helping those minorities who need help the most? I think of America as more of a class based society, than race based. (But would people want to check lower class, middle or upper?)

Based on your simple logic, you should have never checked the Native American box...

Nobody's faulting you if you don't want to be an ethnic group. It is fine with us. You can be proud to choose nothing. But don't be an ethnic group on paper...

Low-income does play a role in the current University programs in States that eliminated Affirmative Action...

So your question is a moot point...

I just mentored an entering freshman who was caucasian, whose mother was a crack addict prostitute. And I had NADA problems helping this young lady out to achieve her goals...