<Tab/>In 2002, a statewide reading proficiency test was given to Fourth Grade students in Ohio. Cleveland's The Plain Dealer reported that scores statewide varied greatly by race and ethnicity. White students had a passing rate of 51%, while only 31% of the Latinos and 19% of the Blacks passed. What do these percentiles mean? They mean that our nation still reflect scars of racial division. Scores vary between students of different races as early …showed first 75 words of 954 total…

…showed last 75 words of 954 total…segregation. <Tab/>Due to all these disadvantages that the blacks face today in the United States in terms of education, Affirmative action should be allowed because it is the only thing that offers most blacks to get out of their circle of poverty. Once they get into the competitive colleges, more job fields will be opened to them, therefore creating more diversity in the workforce and in our society in general.