Redress of Grievances

Attn: Howard P. “Buck” Mckeon

House Representative for the 25^th District in California

(Santa Clarita)

Member of the Committee on Education and Labor

Since 1961, when President John F. Kennedy coined the term in Executive Order 10925, affirmative action has been used in the college admission process to “eliminate racial bias.” In my opinion, however, affirmative action has now gone so far as to actually create a new racial bias in favor of minorities, a phenomenon that has been named reverse discrimination.


Despite past court rulings and legislation against the unfair use of affirmative action, I believe that “reverse discrimination” is still widely practiced today, particularly in the college admission process. This belief stems from my own personal experience of applying to college in 2006 along with my ethnically diverse senior class of almost 700, when I witnessed the impact of “reverse discrimination” first-hand. As my friends and I began to receive our acceptance letters and scholarship awards, I realized that when minority students were considered, the discrepancies between academic strength of a student and his or her acceptances and scholarship awards were blatant.

Ethnicity should not be a consideration in the college admission process. I believe it is time that all educational institutions, public and private alike, enforce the mandates outlined in Proposition 209 in order to make admission decisions solely based upon how qualified each applicant is. It is my hope that with the support of House Representative Buck McKeon from my hometown of Santa Clarita, admissions officers from local colleges, and you readers, discrimination in all its forms can finally be eliminated where college admissions are concerned.

Sincerely,


FilleBlanche