Affirmative action policies should be justified in the US

I am very honoured to be debating against such an experienced debater! Because I am a beginner, I am very sorry for the lack of knowledge here. However, I would like to start off by also setting an example to our viewers from my previous arguments. Imagine a balance. One side-lets say the left side- is discriminated minorities [ex. African Americans, Latino, etc.] and the other side -right side- is a higher prestige class [White people, etc.] Right now in our past, it was unequal. The left side was leaning towards the ground whereas, the right side was way at the top. With affirmative action, it flips around vice verse. We see in our future that the balance will now be equal with affirmative action. If we do not use affirmative action, the left side would always stay at the bottom. We would stay in our past. If we analyze deeper and think more about the situation without affirmative action we can now see that we will never see an equal future, which is what we strive in our society today. My opponents have talked in their first argument with an example of the desirable and undesirable ratio. Although I do not understand quite the context my opponents are talking about, I will like to have a clarification on my summary of your argument: My opponents are saying that with the affirmative action policies put into place, they are in a way spoon-feeding the minorities. Putting less expectations into consideration of minorities, there for making unfairness towards the accountability stances. [Clarification for this please] However, we have to think into what is making this. The reason why affirmative action is in action in our presence is due to the fact that the higher classes discriminated these minorities. My opponents keep on saying that "This disconnects from works and rewards in the real life, and ultimately if you are rewarded immensely for work on a mediocre level, then you are not as likely to truly succeed in the workplace since you are used to having your hand held and not having to work for yourself for anything that you have achieved in life." But should these higher classes be "rewarded" for their past mistakes and discrimination? Not only that but these higher classes have had so many chances for years. Minorities chances are off the charts due to the count of their race, skin colour, and looks. We are rising their chances by many meters because there are minorities out there who strive for knowledge, but yet was unconsidered just from their looks. For that, this falls. Not only that but this rebuttal leads into my next argument: Reversing past discrimination. My second motion shows that affirmative action is placed in because it would reverse the negative effects caused by years of discrimination. Discrimination has been going on for years. Affirmative Action, is not directly meant to stop discrimination. It implies around the fact that affirmative action gives more chances to minorities. It promises equality to our future. Affirmative Action has helped the people who have been discriminated to open their eyes to a better place and a better world. Let"s be reasonable here, the side opposition is saying that reverse discrimination should never be the next answer. But we should never let go of the fact that Latino"s and African American people were killed, tortured, in slavery and unconsidered for their colour. That they were treated badly for years. My viewers, we are forgetting the fact that these higher classes [ex. white people] have killed and discriminated many minorities in the past. My opponent is suggesting that it would also harm the white people/higher classes but isn't this why we should have affirmative action? Because it would only be fair for the higher classes who have never been touched know how much these disposed race went through? Now this does not imply that we should also enslave white people, and kill them. But in these stances, I encourage and stress that affirmative action will change all the past mistakes made from higher classes, but failed to realize the outcomes. I would like to leave a question for the viewers and my opponent. "Are my opponents implying that we should never give these minorities a chance?" My opponents refuted my argument on the stance that it will increase greater opportunities. They have agreed, but also stated the harm. But contender, don't you agree that even if it harms, it will help another side? That if we allow affirmative action, we would become an equal society now that the minorities had the other chance? That affirmative action helps both sides in our future? They have also refuted one of my examples on the case: that African American women get a less amount because of their sex. But even if there are different life goals and hours worked for the sexes, does it still change the fact that it is unequal? No it doesn't. Just because they have different goals and hours, does not mean they should get less money/unconsidered/not taken seriously. I see that they have not refuted my first sub point and I request my opponents perspective on this argument, but for now it still stands. I also thank my opponents for giving me some advice, and am willing to post one for you via my first argument in the second round. 1) http://www.ncsl.org... Again, best wishes to my opponent