Obama = change...in affirmative action?

The election of Obama. does it affect the amount of students accepted/rejected from colleges? what role does race play?

in my opinion, i would have to agree with myles. he made a really good argument when he said that affirmative action is unfair and racist towards those from a major population. i can totally see how people of a major population might feel unmotivated to do well if they're going to be rejected from college just becuase that college contains "too much of their kind". this is actually very unfair and racist. think about if a minority with a not-so-great GPA gets into Harvard when a white with a 4.0 GPA doesnt get in. the color of someone's skin should not decide their future in education. this should be based entirely on what college is about, knowledge. though the idea of money is also relevant during college, there are financial aid scholarships that anyone can apply for, whether you're a minority or not. once again, not all minority are poor, just a good number of them. however, it doesnt mean that ALL of them should be treated with special care as if they are a fragile endangered species (NOT REFERRING THEM TO ANIMALS) the unecessary privledges that the minority have are not making things any more fair/just in this world. though the effort for fairness from colleges is greatly appreciated, the reality is that what would really be fair is if colleges accepted those that are qualified without looking at his/her race. race plays no role, at all, on someone's brain. for example, "all asians are smart, straight-A, stuck up little nerds" i am living proof that this stereotype of "all" asians is absolutely incorrect. it's so ridiculous how brain smarts can be affected by the pigments of your skin color.

all in all, this debate has pretty good points that go both ways, but in my opinion, the need for affirmative action is no more. obama proved this by being elected president. he didnt get any special treatment just becuase he was a minority. why should colleges be any different if its purpose is to prep us for the real world? this debate comes to a closure: affirmative action is unecessary becuase it doesnt make colleges more just, it's an unfair priviledge that can be misused to go against the equality of knowledge.