Students from racial minorities are not the only ones who face hard circumstances that affect their academic ability, so it is arbitrary to only favor them.

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Pro: There is no way to control for every factor that goes into one's academic performance, so rigging the process in favor of a few is unjust.

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Pro: Students who deal with distress as a result of depression or parental divorce see their academic performance hindered.

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Con: Affirmative action is just one of the measures that should be promoted to achieve social justice. Ideally, additional measures should then be put in place to support other disadvantaged students.

Should affirmative action be required in college admissions?

Students from racial minorities are not the only ones who face hard circumstances that affect their academic ability, so it is arbitrary to only favor them.

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Cons

There is no way to control for every factor that goes into one's academic performance, so rigging the process in favor of a few is unjust.

Students who deal with distress as a result of depression or parental divorce see their academic performance hindered.

Affirmative action is just one of the measures that should be promoted to achieve social justice. Ideally, additional measures should then be put in place to support other disadvantaged students.

Selected claim, opposing its parent

Students from racial minorities are not the only ones who face hard circumstances that affect their academic ability, so it is arbitrary to only favor them.

Pro claim 1

There is no way to control for every factor that goes into one's academic performance, so rigging the process in favor of a few is unjust.

Pro claim 2

Students who deal with distress as a result of depression or parental divorce see their academic performance hindered.

Con claim 1

Affirmative action is just one of the measures that should be promoted to achieve social justice. Ideally, additional measures should then be put in place to support other disadvantaged students.