Affirmative Action Should be Disallowed

Thanks, Con.RebuttalsConvenienceWhat I am arguing is that the original intent for AA was to ensure equality for minorities, and that intent has become twisted over the last while so that it is no longer necessary and no longer a valid reason to keep AA. "Convenient" is defined as "suitable or agreeable to the needs or purpose" [1], which describes AA pretty well and is more of a word choice objection rather than a real argument for AA.Racial BiasThe distinction here must be made between names and race. A black person can have a white-sounding name and a white person can have a black-sounding name. Minority culture has existed in countries such as America for long enough that names are becoming interracial, sparked by interracial marriages and a blending of people. "John" could be white, black, or Hispanic. If this really is discrimination, it doesn't seem like a very strong case of it.Other than that, the PDF file that Con attached for his first source (shown in comments) only shows that school suspension and arrest rates are higher for blacks than whites. It doesn't state that this ethnic difference was caused because of racism, it just states that there is a difference. It is wrong to assume that this difference was caused by racism, because that is merely speculation and is not a legitimate reason to support AA. Ethnic differences come from a variety of differences - mostly from one's background. There are many explanations that already exist for that.One cannot "adjust for inequity" without pushing better qualified majorities out of their spot. This adds to the inequity; it doesn't reduce it. Fighting discrimination with discrimination does not solve anything. The ceiling is being lowered because these students are being robbed of a seat they would have had otherwise. The fact that they were never given it at all doesn't justify never being permitted something that was long-since earned. If I were to be denied a scholarship because someone wanted to "level the playing field for minorities" and it was instead given to them, that doesn't make AA successful or justified, it just shows that it is discriminatory by nature and a deceiving mask of so-called equality.Hurts MinoritiesYou mentioned that blacks tend to live in poorer communities than whites. This is true, but AA is not the solution to this. AA encourages minorities to work less because they know that they already have bonus points stocked up. AA doesn't make them smarter or more achieved; it teaches them to be less hard-working. This is not in any way beneficial.We must keep in mind that a part of the reason AA was propelled was to fix the "you" problem that was perceived of minorities. The intention of AA was to help blacks and Hispanics get to the top easier, and to not be looked at as inferior. As I demonstrated in the last round, AA does quite the opposite: it shows minorities as if they are taking part in a Special Olympics - handicapped, if you will. You may not care about their reputation but they sure do.I never said that whites and Asians are biologically better than blacks, but statistics show that whites and Asians do better on test scores than Hispanics and blacks[2]. This isn't because they are naturally smarter, it's because of their different backgrounds which I elaborated about more in the last round. The graph below illustrates the ethnic academic gap. By placing race over merit, AA is ignoring the achievements students have accomplished and the grades/test scores they have gotten and is focuses more on something that one cannot control. "Is a student that takes attends a predatory school a cheat? Is the young job applicant who secures a job with a friend of a father a cheat?" -ConNo, that's not what I'm saying at all. It isn't the student or job applicant who's a cheat, it's the flawed system of AA that unfairly rewards people that is. If my brother was given a piece of candy each day by my parents and I wasn't, it isn't my brother's fault for being unfair, it is the parents.Unfortunately Con's response was cut off at the end, so I will just extend the previous arguments that I made. I would recommend not doing paragraph-by-paragraph quotations to avoid maxing out the character limit again.Sources1. http://www.dictionary.reference.com...2. http://www.jbhe.com...;