Affirmative Action

I agree with Cornel West's statement saying that "the elimination of affirmative action would only justify racial discrimination." By eliminating affirmative action it only causes another barrier for minorities to get past. If affirmative action was eliminated and colleges and other institutions picked solely the most qualified people for the the job or the school, then the race or the sex that is best at what they are applying for would flood the institution. In factory jobs maybe Hispanics would be the only people with jobs. Maybe with technological jobs, Asians would have all the jobs. In schools where it was athletically based, it would be majority black. In schools that are academically based they majority may be white or Asian. I do not think affirmative action is the best thing because races and sexes and other categories shouldn't get preferential treatment but because of history of such categories causes different levels of treatment and advantages over others so thus affirmative action is necessary