Exactly as I predicted. Parker says that they deserve help and you say, "fuck that we're not giving them any help". But the billionaires need help lowering their taxes. And the businesses need help lowering wages healthcare costs and crushing unions. But damn if we're going to help the minorities.
This why even if the liberal options are flawed, it's next to impossible to vote right wing. They don't give a shit about the common man.
Affirmative Action was never formally codified into Federal law. An Executive Order by President Nixon was issued to open up minority hiring by Federal contractors. It actually challenged the power of unions to segregate.
I think the reason that AA is not codified is the question of what are the magic numbers in employment, admissions and any outcome. You might say
we don't need no stinkin' magic number. Exactly would be my response. However, modern DEI initiatives have implicitly created mandates.
Curious to me, most states that have banned affirmative action are blue states including the State of California. I would speculate that when affirmative action is applied aggressively in blue states, voters push back. Having said that, that doesn't mean affirmative action in those states doesn't practically exist. Some of these states have state institutions that find other subtle methods to accomplish the "diversity" they deem necessary.
From a historical perspective and contrary to your politicized
common man concern, there was bipartisan support for The Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The
Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark
civil rights and
labor law in the United States that outlaws
discrimination based on
race,
color,
religion,
sex, and
national origin. It prohibits unequal application of voter registration requirements,
racial segregation in schools and
public accommodations, and employment discrimination.
