The “Failure” of Affirmative Action In The United States

Research proves that incorporating Affirmative Action to make historically disadvantaged groups competitive against white populations is not enough.
Throughout history, white people have been set up to be recognized as the cultural norm in America. People of color, on the other hand, are most definitely not the usual and needed programs such as Affirmative Action to be able to compete.
Minorities have been suffering from years of oppression. Race-related societal privilege was something they simply did not have.  Minorities must work much harder to be able to compete with white people, not to mention to be considered as their equal.

Even with programs designated to assist people of color, the two races cannot be equated because white people hold the power in this system.
As said by an article in the New York Times, “nationwide, 15 percent of 18-year-olds were black and 22 percent were Hispanic in 2015, according to federal data. At the elite colleges examined by The Times, 6 percent of non-international freshmen were black and 13 percent were Hispanic.”
The big gap continues to exist between white students and minority students at colleges despite Affirmative Action being installed into the system in 1961. In nearly 60 years, the percentage of minorities attending university remains depressingly low.
More analysis was done by The New York Times, delving into the actual elite colleges or universities race demographic.

The Times goes on claiming that the minority populations at multiple different universities falls dramatically short considering the amount of minorities that are present across the country, or even in specific states.
The research done at these colleges reveals the wide gap and the disproportionate percentages between minority students and white students ever since Affirmative Action was incorporated into the system. Black and Hispanic students were even more underrepresented in 2015 than they were back in 1980.
For an era so consumed with human equality, it seems that in some regards there have been steps backwards throughout the decades.
Liban Hirsi, a Green River student, has stated his concern with how Affirmative Action is really not enough to level the playing field.
“Being a black and Muslim college student is difficult because you have to work harder than most people, and sometimes the expectations are higher,” Hirsi said. “I think we can do more to improve the [status diversity] policy and realize that, even with Affirmative Action, we are barely getting jobs and getting into the big colleges.”
Hirsi is correct with his statement about how, despite the advantage of having Affirmative Action, minorities face more difficulties compared to their white peers.
Critics of Affirmative Action have made claims that it is discriminatory and unfair towards deserving white students. They also may believe that Affirmative Action favors less deserving minorities.
Plenty of research has been done about these claims. The people have been fact checked. Affirmative Action is not anti-white. When looking into the statistics, Affirmative Action is not even serving its primary purpose to help minorities match their white peers. 
America has not done enough to help minorities be even within an arms race with white populations. This includes politically, socially and economically. Affirmative Action has been around for over 50 years and people of color continue to be underrepresented.
Research shows that not enough has been done. It’s time that minorities achieved the representation that they deserve.