Positive action - Is it fair??? Affirmative action, in theory and thought, seeks to promote the well-being of this country's minorities by supporting the idea that individuals are equal and should not be judged by their race or gender. . Therefore, in situations like job or college applications, we should consider minorities as just as feasible a hiring choice as a white male candidate, taking their background into account. In short, he is trying to give minorities who have been disadvantaged all their lives an advantage they have never been open to. All things considered, that doesn't happen. Instead, “quotas” are established and the discrimination that was once imposed on minorities is now reversed. Let's invent a hypothetical situation. You send your first college application to Harvard. There's only one open spot left between you and someone black. You have slightly better grades, you both excel at sports, you have more volunteer hours, and have learned 2 foreign languages ​​where he only knows one. By applying affirmative action you will not get the last position due to the need for ethnic diversity in the university atmosphere. Is this fair??? Is this true?? You clearly had a better record than him. If affirmative action is supposed to support the individual, why is it only based on race and why does it not apply to all situations based on the potential of the individual involved? What happens if in this hypothetical case...