The end of race-based admissions in favor of a colorblind meritocracy is a positive development that reduces discrimination against Asian-American students.

“I support the idea of color blind meritocracy I mean I agree with jamath and freeberg that the traits that you're born with are not skills or qualifications they're just the accidents of your birth and what we should be trying to create is a is a society where those things don't matter”

Affirmative action functions as an ineffective band-aid that obscures underlying inequities in K-12 education instead of addressing them directly.

“I think it allows it works affirmative action works as a Band-Aid where it covers up all the inequities that are happening prior to college and then we don't focus on those things”

Affirmative action policies result in unqualified or less qualified individuals being admitted to elite institutions, creating an unfair advantage.

“affirmative action you're getting spots that you don't deserve”

The speaker claims that affirmative action functions as a necessary, albeit incomplete, band-aid that colleges use to create diverse environments while maintaining systemic inequality.

“The reality is affirmative action is not a [ __ ] like literal solution to racism. If anything, it's like it's it's a mechanism so that like people who want to turn out white supremacist, capitalist, systemic violence can learn in an environment that's diverse enough so they can do it better.”

Affirmative action policies constitute racial discrimination and their removal is a positive step.

“that affirmative action means racial discrimination it means not anti-discrimination but yes discrimination Trump has now rescinded that executive order”

Megyn Kelly defends Charlie Kirk's critique of affirmative action, characterizing it as a policy that lowers standards and admits unqualified candidates.

“It's true Charlie was not surprised they were affirmative action students. None of us is. Katanji Brown Jackson at her Supreme Court confirmation hearing could not even answer the question, "What is a woman?" explaining, "I'm not a biologist."”

The speaker argues that affirmative action in university admissions should be abolished because it is an outdated band-aid solution that no longer serves a necessary purpose.

“I think affirmative action has served its purpose. I think that it was necessary for a particular time. And I think that every black person knows how to get into college.”

Setting students up for failure by admitting them to environments where they are not academically equipped is not a compassionate strategy.

“setting someone up for failure from compassion is not advisable as a management strategy it's a bad idea it's not it's not advisable as an admission strategy as well I totally agree”