With the inauguration of Barrack Obama, people online have questioned whether or not we need affirmative action any more because nothing prevented an African American from becoming president. The assumption is that America is now magically transformed into a meritocratic society just because Obama is president. Do you honestly think this affects the African American man trying to hail a cab in Manhattan on a Thursday night? Think about it.

It also seems strange that people would target a policy like affirmative action and not legacy admissions in the name of creating a meritocratic society because legacy admissions has been around much longer than affirmative action. When George W Bush messed up this country, nobody said, "hey, we should get rid of legacy admissions". When are we going to stop these stupid rich kids from ruining everything? Just ask yourselves, how many of the people who created this economic crisis went to college because of legacy admissions? How do you think someone as dumb as George W Bush got into Harvard Business School? Do some research and find out how many of these great CEO's got into fancy colleges just because mommy and daddy were well connected.

The point here is that we cannot get rid of affirmative action until we stop legacy admissions. Stupid rich folks are just as dangerous or even more dangerous than stupid poor folks because the rich still control this country. If you want a more meritocratic society, the first thing that must be eliminated is legacy admissions and then you can eliminate affirmative action.

After reading all this, what do you think? I would love to have a lively and animated discussion on this topic!