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...Students come to college thinking of themselves as Americans and...leave thinking of themselves as Blacks, Hispanics, Asians and whites," D'Souza said...
...Souza said he believes affirmative action adds to racial tension because it uses different standards in evaluating different racial groups. Thus, he said, "there is no direct competition between an Hispanic applicant and a white applicant...
What results from this "multiple track racial admissions system," D'Souza said, is a college class composed of students with unequal levels of academic preparation...
...Many people have the illusion that affirmative action increases the number of minority students in higher education. This is a fallacy," D'Souza said. "What affirmative action does is determine where minority students will be placed in higher education...
...Souza pointed out that students who are "tipped in" because of race are more likely to drop out than students who do not receive such preferential admissions treatment...