Affirmative action, as defined by Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, is "an active effort to improve the employment or educational opportunities of members of minority groups and women." This sounds like a very positive thing, however in its course of action, it causes reverse discrimination against groups, which are not protected under the provision. Since affirmative action creates opportunities for those who are characterized as "less fortunate", it therefore hinders the opportunities for others qualified individuals.
             When the issue of affirmative action and its role in college admissions is brought up, I think that it should be used sparingly, if at all. This is to reduce the threat of causing reverse discrimination. Some may argue that affirmative action helps to create diversity on college campuses. I agree with this belief, since it is the objective of the program in general. However, for every minority student admitted simply because of their race, we may be losing out on a student that would add just as much, if not more to the campus, simply because of their ethnicity.
             In order to more clearly understand why colleges and universities in their decision process have used affirmative action, we must first understand the three main goals of the program. They include increasing diversity on college campuses, creating opportunity for the less fortunate, and creating a remedy for past discrimination.
             As stated before, affirmative action does in fact create a more diverse campus- both with the student body as well as the faculty (when use by the college HR department). Many college students, especially those in graduate-level and professional programs dealing with law and medicine, say that they greatly benefit from this diversity-through varied perspectives and opinions. As a rational person, I can agree with this, and
             I can see how it would help to better a campus. However, my arguments is that diversity is being create...