Affirmative Action

I fully support what i stated today in class. Because I feel that there shouldn't be a need for affirmative action, however, maybe just more financial aid towards the minorities, because minorities have the same exact potential as the whites and Asians(that is if Asians are not considered a minority in this situation). I understand that minorities mainly come from a typically poorer area than rich white people, but that should be factored into their application essays, and that they came from a school containing less-experienced teachers. Despite that, they still have the exact same potential to get at least a 4.0 and do some extra curricular activities. However, there is also the conflict of time, where minorities with less money have to work to help support their families while going to school, or they have to take care of younger siblings, and they don't have any extra time for sports, clubs, community service, or other activities. In that case, colleges consider that into your application. I even went to the college awareness thing last night and the college counselor talked about that, and if you don't have time for extra activities for certain reasons, she said to put that on their application and the colleges fully consider that factor. Furthermore, an example of my point earlier, is my brothers friend who graduated from the magnet program at Cleveland three years ago, and she was Guatemalan, with not that much money. However, she ended up getting over a 4.0 every year and was even the president of few clubs, and this bought her a full-ride scholarship to Harvard. This shows that despite where you come from, and despite what your parents do for a living and how much money they have, you can achieve this same experience and there is no excuse because everyone has the same potential.