Is Affirmative Action Fair?

I am a person who believes in equal rights and I think that everyone should be on a level playing field. The purpose of affirmative action is to promote access to eduacation and employment to nondominat groups in society like minorities and women. The goal of affirmative action is to decrease discrimination that these groups faced in the past while it encourages various social institutions to be more representative of the whole population. I personally don't agree with affirmative action. I'm not a racist person, I just believe that everyone should have the same opportunities. If a white male is more qualified than an african american male, then the white male should be hired and vice versa. I feel as though social institutions such as universities miss out on qualififed white people because they are trying to fill their quotas for minorites. This is unfair fro the "majority" groups and in a sense causes discrimination against them. The purpose of affirmative action is to decrease discrimination, however I feel that minority groups are just discriminated against more because they are labeled as inferior to whites so they should get advantages over them. I believe that race should not even be a factor in getting a job, being accepted to a university, and various other things. The question of race shouldn't be asked on applications; people should be hired or accepted based on their qualifications and merit. Then, the person most qualified and right for the job should be hired not based on their race. I do believe in equal rights, but I think it should be equal rights across all of society. Whites should not be discriminated against because we are trying to prevent it in minority groups. I don't believe affirmative action is the answer; why can't everyone just be treated the same and profit in life based on their own merit and not because of some act that gives you a head start?

Affirmative Action

The purpose of this blog is to inform others of the widely talked about and controverial issue of affirmative action. I hope through this blog that I can learn more about the issue, as well as my readers, and I hope to get some feedback on what you think of the issue. As I said before affirmative action has been very controversial and caused much debate between mainly whites and other minority groups. In this blog I hope to answer these few questions: 1. What, if any, is the causal relationship between affirmative action and the increase in the number of minorities in colleges and universities? 2. What, if any, is the causal relationship between affirmative action and the dropout rate of minorities in rigourous educational programs? 3. What, if any, is the causal relationship between affirmative action and the decrease in discrimination among minority groups? 4. What, if any, is the causal relationship between affirmative action and the ability of minority groups to compete for jobs against the majority?

Well, this blog thing is all knew to me, but I hope to be able to talk about some topics and get input from all of you readers!