Why I Can't Stand BC

So many schools claim to be "equal opportunity, affirmative action institutions." But it is a blind world in which so many people can see statements like this and not be baffled by the contradiction. The truth of the matter is that opportunity is not equal as long as we continue to prefer one group over another just because of their ethnicity. Worse still, it magnifies racial discrimination to choose one group over another for no reason other than race. Can anyone honestly say that we are all equal when some applicants are treated profoundly differently despite any extra talent? Is it fair to let students who aren't among these lucky minorities to sit back and curse the fact that they were born into an "overrepresented" group? Everyone has disadvantages in their lives and the best people claw their ways to the top. The Civil Rights movement is over, and it is time to accept that we cannot artificially accommodate for everyone.



Tyler Hughes is a staff columnist for The Heights. He welcomes comments at thughes@bcheights.com.