Rejected or accepted: Race or not?
David Zetoony Alexandria, VA When race is considered in a contest — whether its use is lawful or unlawful, ethical or unethical, motivated to equalize...
We still don’t have equal opportunities.
Stanley Umeweni Philadelphia, PA I am Stanley Umeweni, and I am a high school student from Central High School in Philadelphia, PA. I chose these...
I don’t know any other way!
Dan Angel Dufresne Union City, NJ I feel that sometimes people use race as a crutch to act a certain way, and do certain things....
Not born racist, just born white.
Jake Skillman Greenfield, IN Even as a small child I loved diversity, insisting on going to Korean school on Saturdays with my friends, checking out...
This white student supports affirmative action!
Alexandra Walling Seaside, CA I go to a “majority-minority” college. The more I get to know my classmates, the more convinced I am that affirmative...
Affirmative action necessary for current injustice.
Laura Silver Spring, MD It really bothers me when people dismiss affirmative action on the grounds that it is making up for racist past. Racism...
Job for White Male? Affirmative Action!
Craig Durkee Atkinson, NH Due to affirmative action it is nearly impossible for a middle age white male to advance in corporate America.
Certified genius unqualified by affirmative action
Dr. Sylvia Hood Washington Winfield, IL So many gifted black people identified as such before affirmative action was even a notion have been denied the...
Nor for your race and sex.
Matthew Koebbe Huntington Beach, CA I am a white male who heard those words from a University of California financial aid officer after asking about...
Undeserving, just a white single mom
Sarah Morris Downingtown, PA Who knew it was difficult to not be part of the “minority”? My situation would be much different if my race...
Hispanic, Oriental, Caucasian, formerly monolingual, American
Dean Lincoln, NE I never know what to put down for my ethnicity when filling out official forms. I used to put down whatever I...
Black? Educated? What is that?
Renee Reives Lorton, VA Sometimes I feel stuck. I’m black and educated. I feel like a unicorn based on what so many people perceive and...
Affirmative action beneficiaries: mostly not poor
Nathan Whitelight USA Liberals arguing for racial preferences in our government always give a sob story about a minority who grew up in the ghetto,...
Affirmative Action Bill of the ’80’s
George W. Kauffman Rochester, NY Because of the Affirmative Action Bill, ” MERIT ” is no longer part of the Hiring and Promoting Practices of...
He thought I shouldn’t be there.
Danielle Hayden Detroit, MI My freshman year of college, a boy at orientation (with whom I had only recently become acquainted told me that the...
Our legacy is students, not law
Martha S. Jones Ann Arbor, MI Submitted via Twitter: @marthasjonesUM
