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Negative Blocking

Blocking:
Affirmative Action does not significantly change the acceptance
of historically disadvantaged groups into public colleges. In a study
done by Kalena E. Cortes, when Texas used the Top 10% plan, the
results showed that there was no significant change for the top 10% for
the minorities. This was study was Texas Higher Education Opportunity
Project.

CHANGES IN ACCEPTANCE RATES WITH AND WITHOUT


AFFIRMITAVE ACTION.

In a eleven years without affirmative action, minority students rates of


getting in to public college only decreased by 8%. Although Affirmative
action helps, it only helps a small amount of people (8%). It is
ineffective. By this logic Affirmative Action does not effectively create
diversity.

Thomas Sowell, (Doctarate degree in economics in U Chicago)


The Grand Fraud: Affirmative Action for Blacks,
Despite all the gushing about the mystical benefits of diversity in higher education, a recent

college diversity programs fail


to raise standards and that a majority of faculty members
and administrators recognize this when speaking
anonymously.
So people know that Affirmative Action is not working but they
are too scared too admit it.
study by respected academic scholars found that

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