Content

- Research Question: “Is affirmative action in education still necessary and ethical in this
modern day to help minority groups achieve the American Dream?”
- Claim: Yes it is still needed and ethical by all means.

Expertise

- Summary of Research: Arguments against affirmative action usually point to merit.

Minorities tend to do well in selective institutions, better than less selective ones. People
who point to lower SAT scores need to understand that they are not the best indicator of
how well someone will do in college. Affirmative action means more than just picking
individuals. It can mean broadening applicant bases to include schools or areas
predominantly black. Psychological arguments fall through. Stereotype threat plays only
a small role in highly circumstantial cases.

Significance

- It affects who goes to college. It affects everyone’s college experience. Diversity in

education generally benefits everyone with a plurality of views and opinions.
- A study by Stacy Dale and Alan Krueger found that graduating from selective
universities does not increase the earnings likelihood for middle-class whites but does
significantly increase the earnings likelihood for black and Hispanic students and those
from less affluent backgrounds, so affirmative action has a direct impact on the
economic future of America. I have seen this at work in my own family.

Read more: http://ideas.time.com/2012/10/12/why-we-still-need-affirmative-action/
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- Corrects past unbalances
- Black unemployment reaches almost double the white unemployment. 7% to 13%.
- Under represented at colleges.