Many of these students who otherwise would not have normally gotten in, become great lawyers, doctors, teachers, and engineers someday. A recent study showed that people admitted under affirmative action have the same success rate as people who get in otherwise. Affirmative action also helps balance out race and gender in colleges and workplaces. After affirmative action was killed by Prop 209 in California, many schools's minority population dropped to 1963 levels. A recent UC law school had only ONE black student admitted into their campus.
Affirmative action does undoubtedly help minorities get another look.
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