It was later legally enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. From 1619 to the present, trillions of dollars in wealth have been taken from those enslaved and those exploited under legal segregation and current discrimination trillions that account for much white prosperity. Affirmative action is only a modest start to countering white racism. Earlier Asian American studies show lower but still serious rates. For nearly four centuries now, many millions of whites have watched anti-black discrimination or participated directly in discrimination against millions of blacks.
Affirmative action is only a modest start to countering white racism.