Affirmative Action

Many places like California have banned Affirmative action in colleges and a lot of people have mixed views about it. Although college applications ask your race and gender, you are not required to fill it out. If people don’t agree with the use of affirmative action then they don’t have to participate in it. That goes for any race and any gender. I think its important to have a school that is diverse and that every student has an equal chance and if someone is purely qualified by their grades then it shouldn’t matter what race they are. If a person is qualified then they should be accepted and just by doing that they should still have a diverse school. Its also a lot better that way because then they don’t have people who aren’t able to succeed academically who were just accepted on their race. At the same time a racial quota I think should be almost required because I don’t think its ok to have colleges that are all white or all black if they’re called “public schools”. I guess I have mixed feelings and I am white so it would suck if someone got accepted over me purely based off of their race even if I was more qualified. So I can see why affirmative action is being debated but at the same time we have come so far and we are more accepting now and I think everyone should have an equal shot to go to college and succeed.