DiamondDave
Army Vet
Affirmative action was necessary and it worked
I have seen it in my own lifetime where jobs that were once almost exclusively filled by white males became open to women and minorities. When I started working in the early 70s, most women were channelled into being nurses, teachers, secretaries, beauticians and cashiers
Now, nobody gives a second thought to women in a wide variety of professions
Affirmative action worked
It worked in so much as having government sanctioned racism and racist practice