FP: Affirmative action

     In the world of college admissions, there are several factors that indeed play into your chances of receiving that highly sought after acceptance letter. According to wiki, affirmative action refers to policies that take factors including "race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or national origin" into consideration in order to benefit an underrepresented group, usually as a means to counter the effects of a history of discrimination. The focus of these polices ranges from employment, education, business, public contracting and health programs. However, the development of affirmative action has also generated numerous public quarrels and has sparked the flames to many intense debates.
     To a few individuals, leveling the playing field for minorities from which they have been historically excluded is too controversial to comprehend. However flawed this program is, I do believe that it benefits those in need. One popular controversy suggests that Asian Americans have profited more from these programs when they were actually intended to empower African Americans, Latinos, American Indians minorities.
     Asian Americans have been set up as an example of this model minority for why affirmative action isn't required. To some, because Asian Americans haven't be subjected to systematic racial discrimination, it should not be applied as openly to typical group of minorities. To others, because the media generally portrays us in a manner that displays an image of typically being good at math and possessing a high IQ, affirmative action isn’t as necessary for Asian Americans as other groups of minorities.
     What is the purpose of debating over which category of minorities has benefited the most and how has that effectively contributed to the cause that this programs' regulations should be publicly accepted?