Editorial

Imagine yourself at a job interview with another interviewee in the room with you. Both of you have the same qualifications, yet the other person is a minority. After the interview takes place, you feel as if everything went perfect, and you know that your interview went much better than the other person's. A week later, you recieve a call informing you that you have not recieved the job. Two weeks later, you visit the company to see that the other person you interviewed with got the job. What could possibly be the reason for this situation? How did this happen? Well, it's most likely that the other person recieved the job because out of the two of you, they were the minority. Fair? No. Existent? Yes. The reason for this situation occured from Affirmative Action. We all may not know exactly what purpose Affirmative Action serves, but look at it from this scenario. You're being interviewed for a job with another person, both of you have the same qualifications, but one of you is a minority. Because of Affirmative Action the minority will be given the position.

Affirmative Action was signed into place in 1964 during the civil rights movement. Its purpose was to create equal opportunities for al Americans, precisely African Americans. At the time African Americans endured much descrimination. Today America still has the law of Affrimative Action in place, but it has become less neccesary as the years pass by. Many would argue that racism and predjudice is still very relevant, and I would agree. But one must understand that Affrimative Action does not serve the complete purpose it claims. For instance, look at it this way: they're are far more African Americans in America versus those who are Islamic. Yet Affirmative Action does not support religous minorities, only racial minorities.

I'm not arguing that those who are a minority under Affrimative Action do not deserve to have a law that seems to forever protect their rights. Although, I would think that most minorities would not truly want advantages that Affrimative Action can offer them. Affirmative Action does not prevent disrimination, it only gives those who are a minority an advantage in academic and work settings. So regarless if Affirmative Action is in place, it is illegal to discriminate a person a deliberatly not give them a job or provide them a college education because of their skin color. My point being, it is extremely demeaning to give a minority an advantage, because by doing this it's bascially an insult provoking the thaught that minorites cannot fulfill a successful life on their own.

Affirmative Action draws attention to skin color, as if it's the only determining factor in the scheme of one's life. For those who are a minority, and for those that are not, Affirmative Action is demeaning and unnecesary in modern society.