Officially, Affirmative Action says when all else is equal, choose in favor of those previously hindered by racism.

Of course, "equal" is in the eye of the beholder, which is why Affirmative Action is mostly a failed policy. That's what caused quotas to be enacted. To force "Affirmative Action."

I'm pro Affirmative Action but anti-quota, not that it makes any difference. If you work in an arena in which quotas are in effect, you have no choice but to balance your numbers per the quotas or face penalties.

Some ask why we need to renew it... and that alone shows that you are out of touch. You believe that you are typical in your attitudes and that racism is a thing of the past... it's not. I am constantly surprised by my well educated friends who unthinkingly spout some of the vilest racist epithets.

It's inborn to distrust "those people" from the next valley over. Whether we recognize them from their features, language, totems they worship, or clothes they wear, we are naturally wary of them and their motives.