Accepted or Rejected?

Continuing the debate that was left unfinished in class, I believe that just because we have a black president now, Barak Obama, that should not change how things have been for the minorities attempting to get into college. Colleges should continue to let a certain amount of minorities into college. Obviously it's the best students of those minorities but I believe that letting a certain amount in levels the educational field. A lot of minorities come from bad neighborhoods and do not have the same advantages as some white or upper class people. Money plays a huge factor in college and if you grew up in a shitty school and wasn't given the best of learning environments, its unfair for the white people being accepted because they were given all those advantages. I feel like this is leveling the playing field so that at least minorities have a chance at college for those that choose to go. Some may argue that it should be based only on the educational level but it's unfair because some people are more educated because of their background: if they're rich or if they come from a good school. Colleges want to make things equal and if it was souly up to grades, minorities would not have a chance up against people that can afford tutors, and have cars to drive home instead of taking the metro.

People say life is unfair but for college at least they're attempting to have equality and balance out the races and cultures at a college. Most minorities are blacks, and Latinos and so race does play the card for colleges. That doesn't mean all blacks and Latinos are minorities. We can see what one black president can do for our country! Barak Obama has gone long and far. Still it's reasonable for colleges to accept a certain amount of minorities because everyone deserves an equal chance to get into college and minorities cannot compete against those that have advantages of going to a good school and growing up in a home with two parents.

All in all, a certain amount of minorities should still be accepted by colleges because it's at least giving them a chance at something. Race does play the card for colleges because the majority of minorities are from specific races and not whites. The whites dominated this country for so long and having Barak Obama as the first black president brings a lot of black pride to African Americans because "yes", most people would have the typical stereotype that blacks are not as smart as a white student for example.

Yay! Feel free to leave any comments or counter arguments