Cedric Jennings the Opportunity of Thesis

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Greater care needs to be taken to ensure equal opportunities earlier in life, rather than later. If Jennings had had the opportunity to attend a public school that truly prepared him for college and later life, his race and circumstances would be entirely inconsequential insofar as his application to Brown. His "A" s could have stood up to anyone else's, had that been the case; his SAT scores would no doubt have been more in line with his GPA as well. One could very reasonably argue that it is incumbent upon the government, federal, state, and/or local to provide equal public education facilities to all students, and this is the true failure in the Jennings case.

Equal opportunity needs to be handed out early in life, rather than later.
Ensuring an equal chance at success should not -- and does not -- consist of handing out rewards in the shape of college admission or jobs based on racial factors. Equal opportunity means giving everyone the same tools and advantages to earn later success for themselves. Affirmative action is effectively redistribution of social -- and financial -- resources at points in early and even late adulthood. If this redistribution were carried out with collected high school and even elementary school funds, the racial divide that exists in this country would diminish significantly.

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