"White Privilege Shapes the U.S." by Robert W. Jensen was about how white people in the US are where they are today because of privilege. I feel that this is not entirely true because at least in my experience people get where they are by their skill, motivation, and work ethic. As far as afirmative action goes I am strongly against it, when applying to college each applicant should be assigned a number and that those whole look at their information will have no idea who or what they are. This way those who are accepted are based on their level of merit with race and sex have no impact on their decision. For many States minorities, and women were given extra points on their civil service exams to make it a more even playing field. However when someone is chosen to enter a police academy primarily because of a quota that needs to be filled you begin to get people that are not qualified for the job. I know I personally would be upset if i found out that a minority scored higher on an exam than i had only because of their extra points. But if that same person beat me outright with out the assistance of added points I would be able to acknowledge that they did better than I did and they deserve to be chosen over me.
In conclusion we should not be looking at race but instead at someones accomplishments and their educational standings.
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i have to agree with you on this one. i touched upon this a little bit in my reflection and i do not think that the most qualified should be the one to a get a job, rather than based on color.
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