affirmative action

Lara Tito is a young girl from Arlington, VA. Lara was in preschool when the discrimination against her began. Her parents wanted her to have the best education possible, and they knew they had to start her off on the right track. They decided the first step would be to send her to kindergarten at a popular alternative school there in Arlington. She was denied admission based solely on her race (Lewin A11).

Sarah Wessman also had high hopes of attending a competitive school in Boston. She was also denied admission because of her race, while several other students, with lower test scores, which would have kept them out had they been a different color, were admitted. Sarah had to go to court to be al

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How are we supposed to teach our kids not to judge others by the color of their skin when that is exactly what they see being done to them?

Proponents of affirmative action argue that preferential treatment is OK because of the way blacks have been treated in the past. The chairman of the school board, Theodore Kruse, said, “ by retaining Mrs. “I Don’t Count as Diversity?” Newsweek.

There were also the 200 minority candidates in the New York City Police Department who failed the sergeant’s exam. 3 times more likely to dropout than whites. Williams, the board was sending a very clear message that our staff should be culturally diverse. While whites or Asian-Americans must have at least a 3.

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