[Taraz]

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Affirmative action is complete [censored]. It doesn't do anyone any favors. It gives a minority a leg up that they don't deserve based on their actual performance. For instance, a kid that has horrible SAT scores still gets into college because he's a minority.

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I don't really want to spur on an affirmative action debate, but this statement just isn't factual. The minority candidate that gets accepted in favor of a white kid almost never has "horrible" SAT scores. Usually his score is maybe a couple percentile points less, so let's not act like it's some retard who's getting the spot.

Some would also say that having diversity in a place of learning fosters more learning. You often learn more when you are surrounded by a variety of viewpoints. None of this has anything to do with affirmative action in the workplace however.