In so many families, even in 2013, there are students graduating from high school this year and heading to college as the first member in their family to continue their education and strive for a degree. ... This is simply reflecting statistics that even though more minorities are enrolling in college, the rates of success for these students are still shockingly lower than those of their Asian or white counterparts. ... In 2013, there are 12.8 million people on welfare in the United States, of which 39.8 percent are black and 15.7 percent are Hispanic (Welfare Statistics). ... Whether it is...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Still, a man hears what he wants to hear And disregards the rest... In the private arena this meant wholesale intimidation, beatings, and lynching of black Americans, who didn't "give up the road."" ... As Stanley Brodwin states in his essay "Blackness and the Adamic Myth,"" there is no escape for any human being since each generation builds on past sins and must continually pay the debts accrued. ... Both blacks and whites (and every infinite gradation in between) are bound to suffer the consequences from the sins of their forebears. ... Even his tragedy Pudd'nhead Wils...

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Despite the fact that affirmative action has some positive points that do contribute to society, it is still a flawed system that merely turns the tables of racism. ... Even though you might be the most qualified for the job you still might not obtain the position. ... That no matter what minority that you are from you still deserve some form of compensation for the wrongs that were done not only to your ethnicity, but also to their past family relatives. ... This right although allows them to have lower scores than another employee but still be able to obtain the position. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate