Affirmative Action. The legit definition is an action or policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination, especially in relation to employment or education; positive discrimination.

Now you might be thinking that Affirmative Action is a good thing but it's really not.

Instead of basing college admissions or job interviews on one's credentials and academics, one's race is the main factor in these big decisions. Your race is the one thing you can't control and in most cases, it is the one thing that decides a big part of your life, whether it concerns your education or job.

Academic mismatch usually results from Affirmative Action. Minorities (or majorities in STEM) are admitted to college or programs based on the lack of their race in that field rather than their academic scores and accomplishments. This mismatch usually hurts those minorities in the long run as they suffer from low grades and eventually switch majors or dropping out.

Mindy Kaling's brother, Vijay Chokalingam, pretended to be African American to get into medical school. As an Indian, he experienced discrimination trying to getting into prep schools during his earlier years as there were too many Asians in those prep schools so the administration stopped admitting Asians. As a result of this racial profiling, Chokalingam pretended to be black to have a higher chance of getting into medical school.

This succeeded as he was admitted.

There are so many other reasons as to why Affirmative Action (aka racial profiling) sucks and why it should be outdated. The fact that your academics and achievements won't matter when you apply to some schools or jobs because of your race is enough to show you how frustrating Affirmative Action is.