Reverse Discrimination

On April 24th, my classmate's America The Beautiful blog had a non titled post on affirmative action in education. I disagree with her stance on the issue. State colleges already have to automatically admit the top 10% of each high school in Texas. In 1978, the Supreme Court decided on the case Regents of the University of California v Bakke in an 8-1 decision for Bakke. Bakke won the trial and was to be admitted by the fact that his test scores were higher than the minorities that got accepted to the medical school. Also, in 1992, Hopwood v Texas went to trail for the same reason. Hopwood and company would win this as well putting two trials against affirmative action in higher education. In 2011, the Texas Tribune stated that the overall population for minorities was at 55.2%. When a state school is supposed to accept the 10% of every high school in the state and 55.2% of the people are minorities, it does not make sense to say that everyone does not get a fair chance. College acceptance should NOT be about the color of someone's skin, but about the knowledge the person has. The rules that these public colleges have put into play are those that are supporting reverse discrimination. I happen to be native Choctaw and could be admitted to any state college in Oklahoma, but if someone whom has a 5.0 on a 4.0 scale to my 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, why should I be allowed to take the spot of someone whom is more capable? Because their skin color is pastier than mine? The fact is that minorities have just the same opportunities as whites, or even more with 55.2% of the total population in Texas and whites with better GPA's and/or test scores should be put before any number system to boost a college's minority numbers.