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Last time I checked, which would have been a couple years ago, college admissions are not based on that bastion of equality, the Scholastic Apptitude Test. Talk about a test designed to close the doors to higher education for the new majority of the population. Modern day applications also scrutinize family background, extra curricular activities and community involvement. More than 300 schools, most of them small, private institutions, have dropped SAT scores from entry requirements.
When there's a fair educational system for black, hispanic, native American and other sections of the children in the country, then we can talk about getting rid of affirmative action. The problem we have is an unfair education system in America.
When "Lincoln freed the slaves" what did it really accomplish without society finally changing over these past years? Yes, this is the post-Civil Rights Amendment generation, and look what a difference it's made. One day, hopefully soon, affirmative action will be obsolete.
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