Racism in colleges

When you come to college, you come with grand expectations of meeting people from completely different backgrounds than your own. I am glad to say that I found that here at Del Tech. While it is obvious that the majority of the campus is white, there are plenty of people from various cultures and I truly appreciate that. I'm Hispanic and I know my race didn't hurt my chances of being accepted, it actually might …

…here, I deserve to be where I am. Before anybody stops to speak negatively about affirmative action, they should think about everything minorities have endured in the past. Racism and exclusion led to affirmative action in the first place. Affirmative action is not a policy that will be around forever. It is something to help us all have a fair chance for a place at the starting line. at the same starting point once again.