This is a hard one for me. In my view, hundreds of years of subjugation for people of color required a public policy to help structure a more even playing field. But the system was flawed when it discriminated against better qualified ... many of which were fortunate to have beemtter foundational education. Investment per student is a huge issue. No pun intended, but it isn't a black and white issue. So complex because racism and bias is with us, perhaps forever because we are a flawed race ... human race, that is.
No affirmative action policy operates to prefer a less-qualified candidate - they operate to select a previously-disadvantaged between equally-qualified candidates. To say otherwise is simply racism rearing its ugly head.
This is a hard one for me. In my view, hundreds of years of subjugation for people of color required a public policy to help structure a more even playing field. But the system was flawed when it discriminated against better qualified ... many of which were fortunate to have beemtter foundational education. Investment per student is a huge issue. No pun intended, but it isn't a black and white issue. So complex because racism and bias is with us, perhaps forever because we are a flawed race ... human race, that is.
No affirmative action policy operates to prefer a less-qualified candidate - they operate to select a previously-disadvantaged between equally-qualified candidates. To say otherwise is simply racism rearing its ugly head.