Cornell West Affirmative Action Response

I disagree with Cornell West's statement that "the elimination of affirmative action would only justify racial discrimination," because I believe that participating in affirmative action is justifying racial discrimination. Using affirmative action as a tool to accept or hire a person is wrong, because it favors and focuses on minorities for who they are and not what makes them, them. Affirmative action is a way of discrimination and it does not justify racial discrimination. I do not agree with affirmative action, because it singles out and gives others special treatment that they may not deserve. By using affirmative action we are using race and gender and bringing it in account when making decisions, and I believe that basing those decisions only off those two facts is not the proper way to accept people.