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“In a 5-4 ruling in June, the Supreme Court upheld affirmative action in college admissions, allowing colleges and universities to use race as a factor in deciding whether to admit students. The ruling resolved, at least for now, one of the most divisive legal battles in higher education, and provided a road map for colleges and universities as they seek to diversify their student bodies -- a laudable goal, the justices said.” (Marklein, 2003, Pg. 8d)

Apparently race is still an issue if this still goes on. Academic admissions should be about decided on academic achievements, it is a given, so why then does race (skin color) even factor in?

Although our government tries to correct pass mistakes using affirma

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Amanda Ripley, Flora Tartakovsky, and David Nordan write in Time Magazine,

“As students primp and preen to wow their favorite colleges, there's one characteristic they can't control: their race. (2000) Yes, Your Race Still Matters. But make no mistake: race still matters. How much depends on the school and the state. College is supposed to be a place where the mind is the only thing that matters. If the student really wanted to get into a good college they would have pushed themselves to be the top of their class. Dennis Ross writes in USA Today June 2003, “Here in New Jersey, we recently passed a law making racial profiling by police a crime. tive action to help some unfortunate African Americans get into the colleges of their choice, it also hurts those who belong in those colleges.

Affirmative action is wrong, unjust and has no grounds to even exist; many people have fought to be free from racial prejudices, which this clearly is. 12a

Marklein, Mary, (2003) Admissions, Tuition Generate the Heat.

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