is inferior to any white, and neither a female inferior to any man. Only by eliminating race-based preferences can America reach the ideas set forth by Martin Luther King Jr. (unknown author 1). Doctor King hated for his children to be judged for any reason because of the color of their skin instead of their character. Doctor Kings dream will remain so, a dream, as long as affirmative action has supporters attempting to reactivate the program and employers following its ideas. Affirmative action should now help any financially challenged individual; race should not be an issue. Minorities, knowing that they have been admitted to a selective institution with lower test scores and grades than their white classmates may demoralize them as well. The negative affects of affirmative action are numerous and drastic. In employment hiring a less qualified minority because of racial preference will gradually pick away at our economy. In collegiate admissions minorities who are in a lower class will find it hard to keep up because they came from a low level and jump in over their heads to a higher level, which increases drop out rates. Affirmative action is not helping the needful, which should be people with a financial disadvantage, some beneficiaries of this policy came from or have middle to upper-class income. In 1989 seventeen percent of Hispanic freshman and fourteen percent of black freshman who Aguilar 12. entered the University of California at Berkeley had a house hold income of 75,000 and up (Curry 112). These are not to be the beneficiaries of affirmative action. Affirmative action should consider class rather than race, equal opportunity for all even if one is from a low family income. Almost every selective institution is committed to the principle that talented students from all income groups should be able to attend regardless of ability to pay the tuition (Rosenfeld 270). Universities are interested in potential leaders and achie...
