Imagine you are applying for admission to University of Maryland. You have a 3.5 or 3.7 GPA, honors courses, AP classes. 1300, 1400 on the SATs and have a list of after school activities like all state band and Student council. You don’t get in. But, an African American with a 1100, 3.0 GPA, and a few minor activities was accepted. Why was he chosen instead of you? Simple. Affirmative Action. Affirmative action an attempt to create equality throughout society. …showed first 75 words of 1172 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1172 total…to get along be a bad idea? After looking deeper into this concept, it is clear that its benefits are clearly not worth the costs to society. But what can you do to stop affirmative action now? Write letters, sign petitions, let politicians know that you don’t like affirmative action. Discrimination is unconstitutional, whether or not it is affecting African Americans, Indians, or Whites and that is what is happening to the US today.