Affirmative Action

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This article talks about how Michigan's law prohibiting affirmative action in state colleges or universities is going before the supreme court. It explained the defense for the law was that "it does not violate equal protection (under the Constitution) to require equal treatment". The article then gave some history on affirmative action, and went on to give the writers opinion that affirmative action should continue.

Personally, I think the individual colleges and Universities should choose for themselves whether or not to base a part of the admissions process on race. To me, it seems unfair that someone who is on the edge could be denied admission because they are white, but I can also see the value in having diverse classes as the article pointed out. I think it should come down to what the specific college wants for its campus. I say if it wants to only base admissions on other things and not take race into account, and have a less diverse campus, let them. But if a university wants its campus to be diverse, let them too. If you don't like the policy of a specific school on this, go to a different college.