My Own Argument

I agree with the decision of the court. Affirmative action shouldn’t be necessary but the reality of the world that we live in it unfortunately it is necessary. I think that an important part of their ruling is that the court said that this is not a permanent policy. The Law School said that it would like to find a race-neutral admissions process and will discontinue its use of racial preferences as soon as possible. I think that is a step in the right direction toward creating racial equality in the admissions process. The focus of admissions decisions needs to be based on the education and credentials of the applicant and the race of the applicant should not be a deciding factor in any application. I hope that Sandra Day O’Connor was right when she said, “We expect that 25 years from now, the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary to further the interest approved today." (http://www.npr.org/news/specials/michigan/) Hopefully someone studying this case 30 years from now will wonder why affirmative action policies were ever needed and be writing that they disagree with the decision of the court.