America is not a meritocracy. It is big racist misogynist shithole with misogynist racists usually in charge of selection processes. “But we have legal protections against that!” you cry. Yeah, as long as you can prove it. If they don’t say something or leave a paper trail, you can’t prove shit. The system is still absolutely rigged against minorities and women and set up in a way that protections against any form of bigotry are so fucking vague as to be virtually unenforceable in all cases except the most extreme. Affirmative action is one of the ways to combat that. It, too, is not a perfect answer, but it is better than letting the bigots win. Indeed, the end game of Affirmative Action is to get enough women and minorities lifted up that the US can actually become a real meritocracy.
America is not a meritocracy. It is big racist misogynist shithole with misogynist racists usually in charge of selection processes. “But we have legal protections against that!” you cry. Yeah, as long as you can prove it. If they don’t say something or leave a paper trail, you can’t prove shit. The system is still absolutely rigged against minorities and women and set up in a way that protections against any form of bigotry are so fucking vague as to be virtually unenforceable in all cases except the most extreme. Affirmative action is one of the ways to combat that. It, too, is not a perfect answer, but it is better than letting the bigots win. Indeed, the end game of Affirmative Action is to get enough women and minorities lifted up that the US can actually become a real meritocracy.