In the New York Times article “In California, Push for College Diversity Starts Earlier” the author speaks about how Californian colleges have found alternatives to Affirmative Action, a law that was shut down in the state in ’96. The article speaks about how, many of the state’s colleges spend millions on outreach programs that help minority and underrepresented high school students stay competitive when applying for college. These outreach programs valuable information about applying to college as well as prep for SATs and ACTs.
I personally agree with this method of increasing diversity and helping students who live in poor neighborhoods with low performance high schools, rather than affirmative action and its basis on race. Like the article said this could l help middle class minority students who don’t need the extra help and you can you can also infer that it is an injustice to white students living in poor neighborhoods. California’s race less approach with grants to the outreach programs of colleges is the way to go.
