2nd Argument: Affirmative Action is Ironically Racist

Interestingly enough, I believe that the people who push for this new "equal and fair" treatment of minorities are doing so out of their own racism. This can be easily proven. If the affirmative action advocates thought that blacks, hispanics, and other minorities were as capable as whites, then there would be no reason to give them any advantage. Arguing that minorities need a program to help them get ahead is essentially saying that they are not capable of achieving anything by themselves, which is certainly untrue. This also means (I'm sure there's a mathematical property for this) that those who argue against preferential treatment are doing so because they believe that all members of all races are, for the most part, equally capable of working hard to get a certain job or to get into a certain school. We believe that there is no need for this advantage which is being given to minorities because they are not handicapped in any way; they share the same skill and potential as anyone else. This is not to say that everyone can achieve greatness. There are members of every race, gender, and creed that do not possess the aptitude to excel in certain areas. Not everyone is made to be a Harvard graduate or a rocket scientist-this is obvious. But these limitations are not based in any way on such superficial characteristics as race. At birth, a white child is just as likely to fail or succeed as is a black child. The way this child is raised will certainly have an effect on this child's future, but there is no evidence that suggests that minorities do not possess what it takes to make it as far or further than a white person.
Furthermore, many minorities are reportedly offended by the idea of affirmative action. I would be too. Imagine for a second, if all throughout your life, you were given a handicap in every category of academics, athletics, and everything else because you were considered incapable of accomplishing anything by your own doing. Would you not feel like you weren't getting the recognition you deserve, and that you were only being acclaimed because some board of people said that there were not enough people of your "kind" that were being acclaimed? If you got into Yale, would you not question whether you got in because of your own hard work and persistence, or simply because Yale needed to fill a quota and you would have been accepted regardless of your grades? This is called "reverse racism", or an overcompensation of preference so that people don't feel guilty, which ultimately insults the people who are being given the advantages. Not only does this make the minorities feel inferior, but gives those afraid of being called racists an easy way out rather than forcing them to actually learn about other races and discover how similar we all really are. When they learn this, they will learn that the minorities will accomplish what they wish, and that they do not need any help.