Topic: We should end affirmative action

Argument: people today are not affected by what happened to their ancestors and do not deserve special treatment

Argument: preferential treatment is never justified.

Argument: racism and gender inequality are still pervasive; affirmative action mitigates some of their effects.

Argument: racism is still alive and well, and affirmative action is needed to ensure minorities have an equal chance in education and the workplace

Argument: solving discrimination problems with more discrimination is a practice that makes no sense and should be stopped.

Argument: some groups need an advantage and more help than other groups because of actions that happened to said group in history.

Argument: statistics show affirmative action would still be beneficial if applied today

Argument: students should be able to gain entrance by merit and not skin tone

Argument: Systems of oppression have stolen generations of wealth from women and minorities, and the least that we as a society can do to recuperate that value is to give them more opportunities to succeed.

Argument: the affirmative action is discriminatory for those people who do not enter their parameters

Argument: the are still instances of bias in society that need to be addressed.

Argument: the minorities that historically has been mistreated need all our support to prosper.

Argument: there are too many institutional barriers against minorities already. affirmative action helps even the playing field

Argument: there comes a point where affirmative action is not affirming because it gives people who are possibly not qualified to do a job a position of power that they are not fit for, simply because of their race.

Argument: there is so much prejudice in the world that we need to continue affirmative action to bring balance.

Argument: there is still inequality in the workplace. affirmative action provides one way of dealing with this.

Argument: this should not end as these people deserve a chance to do better after being discriminated against.

Argument: to level the playing field in certain occupations and create a diverse workplace, affirmative action is essential to redress the balance.

Argument: too many people depend on the "poor me" card to get ahead. if you want something, work hard for it.

Argument: we can not continue to punish ourselves for crimes we have not committed

Argument: we must continue supporting the unprotected classes since they are at a disadvantage and it is our historical duty for years of oppression to help them

Argument: we must help those people who have been historically oppressed

Argument: we need affirmative action to protect the minority

Argument: we need to balance the playing field since some groups have been unfairly treated and start off on a lower rung of the ladder. affirmative action strives to balance our egregious actions of the past.

Argument: we need to end affirmative action because other people that are not being praised within the groups may feel at a disadvantage and may become hostile.

Argument: we need to pay special attention to those groups who have been treated unfairly throughout history.