By James Nava.

Affirmative action, or the concept of “positive” discrimination, was implemented in the United States following African Americans’ fight for integration and civil rights in the 1950s and 60s and has as its goal combating discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin.

Only 53 percent of Latinos graduate from high school in four years. Only 16 percent of Latino 18-year-olds are considered “college-ready.”

Nine in ten young Latinos think that college education is important for success in life. But only half that number say they themselves plan to get a college degree.
That’s according to the 2009 National Survey of Latinos released by the Pew Hispanic Center this year.
The “education gap,” as the study portrays it, portends dire long-term [...]