College diversity at risk

This article caught my eye because at this day in age, it seems like everybody's all about diversity. A decision that would make things less diverse would probably get a lot of bad attention for the media. In this case, however, I actually disagree entirely with the article. The author tries to make his case sound good by talking about "diversity" and meeting people from different backgrounds, but to be honest I think that he is promoting discrimination. Sometimes I fill out things, and I bet college applications will be similar, that ask for my race and say "we do not discriminate based on race." Then why the hell are you asking what my race is? I'll tell you after you accept me! Maybe I'm a little biased, being a white American girl planning to apply to competitive colleges, but my point is still valid. I think colleges should accept people before they know anything about race. Hopefully they will end up with a diverse school anyway, but it isn't fair to reject hardworking, intelligent students in order to accept more people of different races.
I'm not saying it was a badly written argument. Especially given my current situation in life, there isn't much the author could have said that would have persuaded me. They appealed to pathos will of their diversity nonsense. They also appealed to logos when they discussed the benefits of experiencing a racially diverse environment. This article still makes me mad though. Schools shouldn't be proud of accepting a high number of students of a certain race if most of the students who applied are not that race. That's basically saying, "If you are this race, your chance s are better."

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