Diversity in school and life.

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Injustice For All Affirmative action was originally a law that was passed to give minority students equal advantage into universities. Is it fair to pave the way for minority students because of the color of their skin or their cultural background? Is it justifiable to admit these students into the schools of their preference and deny admittance to students who have earned higher marks? Affirmative action needs to be reevaluated to determine its outcome on students. The affirmative action law is hurting the minorities in the university education system. Students with inferior academic credentials are admitted in order to achieve proportional representation of races or simply to increase diversity on campus. "Many selective universities are so famished for minority students that they ...

... suggest (Murray, Charles "Affirmative Racism," pg. 198). Many politicians must have the same opinion because the affirmative action law was officially overturned in 1997. In Florida, newly released figures show enrollment of minorities in the first freshman class since affirmative action was ended rose 12 percent, while total freshman enrollment increased 10.7 percent. The total of incoming freshmen grew by 3,202, while the total of incoming minority freshmen grew by 1,234. Minorities comprise about 37 percent of the incoming class -- about 18 percent black, 14 percent Hispanic and 5 percent Asian. Preliminary figures show an increase of more than one third of the number of blacks enrolling at the University of Florida for the first

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