Abigail Fisher, the Texan who challenged race-based admissions in the Supreme Court, was called the “Perfect Plaintiff” against affirmative action because she was person of good moral character who was a victim of affirmative action. During the Civil Rights Movement, leaders tried to find similar “Perfect Plaintiffs” such as Brown and Rosa Parks to challenge segregation. Park’s bravery in opposing segregation inspired others to protest against it. Sadly, we do not live in the same society that existed in the time of the Civil Rights movement. We don’t admire heroes such as Abigail Fisher who have the courage to challenge racism. Fisher’s efforts to end affirmative action have been largely unsuccessful.
I am the opposite of Abigail Fisher. I am a foil for affirmative action, a kid with a weak academic record who shamelessly exploited racially discriminatory affirmative action policies in admissions by posing as black in my application to medical school. I only redeemed myself later by going to business school at UCLA, a university that does not practice affirmative action in admissions.
I share the political beliefs of Abigail Fisher when it comes to affirmative action but I show my opposition to it in a very different way. I believe that my story has power. Satire has become our primary means of political discourse in the United States. More people watch the Daily Show than CNN. By satirizing affirmative action, I can expose its discriminatory nature and destroy it.
