It causes harm to minority students

Colleges should not put an end to legacy admissions because they tend to put policies in place to benefit minorities in the admissions process. Colleges tend to give consideration to things like race and ethnicity when making admission decisions to ensure diversity and access to opportunities for people of all races and backgrounds. They also give consideration to things like whether or not an applicant is first generation or the socioeconomic background from which they come from; this consideration often benefits minority students. Furthermore, colleges put in policies such as affirmative action that help to improve the educational opportunities for members of minority groups and are designed to eliminate the unlawful discrimination that has historically existed among minority groups.^[3] Legacy admissions should continue because colleges make sure they take efforts to benefit their minority applicants and students.