Affirmative action needs to be abolished as a policy. Both education and employment should be based on merit of one’s abilities and achievements, not on minority status. Everyone who works hard should be awarded and be able to advance in both their educational and employment ambitions. However, affirmative action keeps those hard working individuals out by instilling a policy of reverse discrimination in getting some less qualified minorities in the door. Not everyone has the ability to survive college or become a CEO. People need to recognize their strengths instead of getting by with their weaknesses, and in turn, dumbing down our society. As a minority myself, I’d rather climb the success ladder knowing I got to where I need to be by my own abilities and not just because of my status.