We are all equal again, right?

[hollodero]

This is dangerous territory I know, so I will say that in the end I understand the reasoning behind affirmative action and if it were up to me would opt for upholding that approach. You give a helping hand to people who as a group face distinct disadvantages that can be shown and proven. But I feel there's still a decent argument to be made that this is fighting discrimination with counter-discrimination, which can not be the end goal when striving for an equal society. Affirmative action emphasizes the racial disparities, creates an additional difference in treatment, is discriminatory in the literal sense of the word. And from that perspective, I don't know if affirmative action really is helpful in relieving tensions between the races.

And again I'm not saying that to advocate canning affirmative action, but just to express my belief that it is not necessarily nefarious to do so.