I'm Hispanic!
Here's me, chilling on my bed scrolling through TikTok like the lifeless person I am, and I stumble upon this: https://vm.tiktok.com/H3wkPv/. I highly recommend y'all watch this, if you don't this entire blog post will have no context.
Claiming that I'm Hispanic, I mean this in no offense to Hispanic people, will help me get into college. After some researching, aka reading a Vox article on this, I stumbled upon this image::no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/10544995/chart.png)
To most people, the above infographic shouldn't come as a surprise. We all have the notion that race does in fact play a role in college admission, and this study by Princeton researchers proves it.
Don't get me wrong, I think affirmative action is definitely a step in the right direction in the efforts of reducing de facto racism in America, however, I truly believe that there are better ways to be going about this. To address the issue of why do something other than affirmative action, the answer is quite simple: it doesn't work!
Okay. so here's the breakdown. Affirmative action was put into place in 1961. Looking at a study in both 1980 and 2015 (a course of 35 years), we see that Asians have been drastically over-represented in college, while Hispanics and Blacks are severely under-represented. The thing that is a strange about this is affirmative action, as shown in the SAT infographic, should have decreased the representation of Asians, while increasing both Hispanics and Blacks, except, it did just the opposite.
My point from this is affirmative action, simply doesn't work.
What affirmative action in America is doing is simply holding races that have been time and time again to a lower standard; in one case, SAT scores. Instead of just lowering the bar, we need to be leveling the playing field. We as a country need to make quality primary education much more available for these races that have been discriminated against.
I can't believe how relatable this topic has become. Just a couple of days ago, the TSD received an email from Kerry Birmingham about possible absorbing the Clawson school district into the Troy school district. With a little bit of research, we might be able to see why.
Just looking at a racial breakdown of the two cities, we see a very, very different story.
Claiming that I'm Hispanic, I mean this in no offense to Hispanic people, will help me get into college. After some researching, aka reading a Vox article on this, I stumbled upon this image:
To most people, the above infographic shouldn't come as a surprise. We all have the notion that race does in fact play a role in college admission, and this study by Princeton researchers proves it.
Don't get me wrong, I think affirmative action is definitely a step in the right direction in the efforts of reducing de facto racism in America, however, I truly believe that there are better ways to be going about this. To address the issue of why do something other than affirmative action, the answer is quite simple: it doesn't work!
Okay. so here's the breakdown. Affirmative action was put into place in 1961. Looking at a study in both 1980 and 2015 (a course of 35 years), we see that Asians have been drastically over-represented in college, while Hispanics and Blacks are severely under-represented. The thing that is a strange about this is affirmative action, as shown in the SAT infographic, should have decreased the representation of Asians, while increasing both Hispanics and Blacks, except, it did just the opposite.
My point from this is affirmative action, simply doesn't work.
What affirmative action in America is doing is simply holding races that have been time and time again to a lower standard; in one case, SAT scores. Instead of just lowering the bar, we need to be leveling the playing field. We as a country need to make quality primary education much more available for these races that have been discriminated against.
I can't believe how relatable this topic has become. Just a couple of days ago, the TSD received an email from Kerry Birmingham about possible absorbing the Clawson school district into the Troy school district. With a little bit of research, we might be able to see why.
Just looking at a racial breakdown of the two cities, we see a very, very different story.
- 91.6% White in Clawson vs. 67.5% White in Troy
- 4.27% Hispanic in Clawson vs. N/A % Hispanic in Troy
- N/A% Black in Clawson vs 3.77% Black in Troy
- N/A% Asian in Clawson vs 23.7% Asian in Troy
As shown before, Asians appear to be the defining factor in terms of representation in college. The Troy School District can almost serve as a microcosm for the racial split in the education system. Look around Troy High and I can guarantee you that more than 25% of students are Asian. Similarly, take a hike to Athens, and I can guarantee you that less than 25% of students are Asian. This highlights the divide that is seen between places of differing education levels, since we all know that Troy High is the better school when it comes down to academics.
And finally, I would like to leave all of you with another TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/HT1arA/
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