Resolved: Affirmative action should be practiced in college admissions.

I do not have a full understanding of affirmative action, but my opponents explanation has made it easier. For this round, I will refute my opponents argument. ==Rebuttal== My opponent firstly gives an example using different races and statistics. "let's say 20,000 people applied. 6,000 African Americans applied, 4,000 caucasions applied, and 10,000 Asians applied. Now let's say all 4,000 of the Asians are 4.0 students with perfect ACT and SAT scores along with 1,000 whites and 1,000 blacks. Now obviously all of those students would be admitted regardless of the towns demographics. That leaves 4,000 students up for grabs. Now if the 14,000 students remaining all had the same GPA and ACT/SAT scores, then the school would take 2,400 African Americans, 1,600 whites, and 0 Asians. If an African American student is not as qualified as a white student, affirmitave action DOES NOT apply. If two students are virtually identical, affirmitave action simply settles the issue. " The first flaw I find is that you have taken it on a basis that that everyone has the same score. In the real world, this is far from applicable. For the convenience of this debate, let's use a scoring system out of 100, instead of the point system. More to the point, 14,000 students are going to have 70/100 on the dot. However, I see my opponents point. If 10 people have the same scores, and only 6 can get through, you would choose reasoned on the demographics of the area. However, is this reasonable? I do not see the point in having people let in on the basis of race. There are many alternative ways to do this, which include the interviewing process, which I will hold up throughout the debate opposing the affirmative action stance. In affirmative action, people get in because of the demographics. Under the interviewing process, people get in because they have made the impression they are hard working and deserve a place in college. Affirmative action is unfair as people are chosen randomly out of a group rather than chosen through a professional manner. Affirmative actions main goal is to promote equality and curb racism. However, is not letting in any Asians in one case of my opponents argument not racism? He is not letting a certain group in because they do not live in the area, but that is in the idyllic world where everyone has the same scores. A college tends to have tens of thousands of applicants. Let's take an example: College X can hold 18,000 students. In one year, they get 40,000 applications. There are: - 10,000 Caucasian applicants. - 10,000 African-American applicants. - 10,000 Asian applicants. - 10,000 Hispanic applicants. However, the college is based in Randomtown, where 5,000 Caucasian and African American applicants do not live in Randomtown. Because Randomtown has 1/6 Caucasian, 1/6 African American, 2/6 Hispanic and 2/6 Asian. In affirmative action, Asians and Hispanics would get priority over Caucasians and Africans Americans with the same scores, for no other reason than residence. Is this not a form of racism? In an interviewing process, African Americans and Caucasian have just as much a chance as Hispanics and Asians. Everything is fairer. So, to sum up Round 1 for CON, I have proven: 1) Affirmative Action compared to other systems does not provide equality 2) Affirmative Action can be racist, turning the idea on its head.