Did you know that according to the US Labor Department, the group of people that have benefited most from Affirmative Action since the 60's is actually white women? Here's a link from ACLU about it: https://www.acluok.org/sites/default/files/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Affirmative-Action-Mythbusters.pdfhttps://acluok.org/sites/default/files/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Affirmative-Action-Mythbusters.pdf
Secondly, Affirmative Action is what is known as "corrective legislation", meaning that it, as the name suggests, is legislation made to correct prevalent and preexisting structural errors, in this case: systemic racism and discrimination. Affirmative Action, admittedly just a bandaid solution to a larger problem, exists to attempt to correct for the disparities caused by racism and discrimination; it is BECAUSE there is racism and discrimination against minority groups in the first place that Affirmative Action is needed to step in and correct the disparity. Affirmative Action is meant to correct preexisting racism.
Thirdly, AA does not just "prioritize minorities based upon no foundation but the colour of their skin", it is (an imperfect bandaid solution) designed to assure that employers/recruiters/etc. cannot ignore qualified minorities and just select a bunch of qualified white guys. They still rely on the necessary qualifications and merits; it is not just pulling random minorities off the street to replace white people (which is an incredibly white supremacist argument).
Fourthly, even according to your own provided definition of racism, AA does not even fit that criteria, considering there is no prejudice involved. Even at the most basic level, enforcing regulations to tell employers they cannot just hire a bunch of white guys when there are plenty of other equally-qualified people is neither prejudiced nor racist...it is literally correcting the racism that is occurring.
Fifthly, yes, people should be hired on the basis of their hard work, merit, etc...but what happens if opportunities are not equal? Would that not create a disparity in who can afford certain qualifications, degrees, connections, etc.? If a certain group or groups are disproportionately disadvantaged, then how would youRead more
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