Scalia and affirmative action
by Jordan Cooper
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia answered the question for why blacks are under performing in college partially, but he left out something important. Many blacks need an extra push to succeed in college. A bunch of blacks need to see a given outcome of opportunities rather than a dream drifting. Tons of blacks need to understand how to maximize their minds in college to get the most out of it. Blacks already have the least people going to college, getting to work, and graduating from college in relation to other races. It’s a feat getting to the classroom and to a desk at work for zillions of blacks. But America wasn’t built merely on people existing. It was made on people being here for a purpose to complete the things that in life that are needed to keep America extraordinary. So, there needs to be constant motivation to help them make their dreams real and help them outdo themselves everyday in their endeavors.
One program that would be helpful would be to connect each minority freshman with a person who could be a mentor in their field through their college’s alumni association for guidance thru their entire college career. The person would randomly be chosen by a computer without regards to race, sex, ethnicity, or other classifications. This program would beef up the care that is already coming from academic advisors, professors, parents, and pupils as well.
Affirmative action is like an epipen to the cultural changes in college for Americans. It is needed for emergencies. White privilege, classism, racism, and discrimination continue to be allergies that negatively affect Americans from time to time. Therefore, it is needed on occasion for job applicants and college applicants. Still, minorities should not depend on this head start to cover up underachievement in their fields. It is unfair for a person that is not crippled to get a head start in a race. It is unjust for a person that is not disabled to get more time on a timed test. It is inequitable for a person that is not crippled to get ahead of any entry, selection, or promotion process without due cause.
Blacks need to perform better on standardized tests for college, grad school, military, and at their jobs. Blacks historically have lower scores than other races in every one of these aforesaid areas. There will be less blacks falling thru the cracks if we work harder to get Americans to see the potential in themselves. All Americans are able to get to their goals. All Americans are fit for their futures. All Americans don’t need special catering. As a result, affirmative action policy is needed for a crisis, not for circumstances that are regular to any American.
Jordan Thomas Cooper is a 2015 graduate of the University of South Carolina with a degree in History and a 2010 graduate of the Real Estate School of Success in Irmo. He is the first African-American to serve in both the governor and lieutenant governor’s office as an aide and first to serve in the Inspector General’s Office in S.C. (Haley) He served as the first black staffer on a GOP presidential campaign in S.C. (Perry 2011) He happens to be the second black presidential campaign speechwriter in American History and the first for a GOP presidential campaign (Bush 2015). He also played football for Coach Steve Spurrier.
Photo: Stephen Masker (Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons