tigious University of Michigan. She was an honor student, a high school leader, and a community volunteer. She believed that this would be enough to get her into the university, and it should have been. However, Michigan turned her down, again because of her race, while other students, with the same or lesser grades, were admitted (Sanchez A 01). Again, how they get away with this is beyond me.
             The University of Maryland sponsors the Banneker scholarship, which is intended to help talented people who cannot afford the room, board, and tuition at the school. Kevin Bruenig fits this criterion perfectly, yet he had to save money by going to a community college for two years, because this scholarship was off limits to him based on his race (Jaschik A 14). He may have been able to find another scholarship, but that doesn't mean that it is right to deny him this one because of the color of his skin. This brings up the question of whether groups have the right to spend their money on whomever they want to. Sure they can, but if we really want to get rid of racial discrimination we must not allow it to exist in any form.
             Sharon Taxman and Deborah Williams were both public school teachers at the same school in Piscataway, NJ. They both had been hired on the same day nine years ago, and both were equally qualified. The board of education decided that one of them had to be let go for budgetary reasons. Mrs. Taxman was let go, again, because of her
             race. What was more appalling was the chairman of the board told the community himself, that Mrs.Taxman was let go was because of her race and this was accepted as a sufficient reason for the firing (Sanchez A 01).
             The Supreme Court has recently refused to revive a discrimination challenge to a program that gives companies owned by people of a certain race extra help in winning contracts for federal highway projects. The norm is the contracts go to the lowest bidder. However, because of...