However, life can be harsh. It has been a lot harsher on minorities. If you don't agree, then you need to take some history classes. As Americans, we have a responsibility to help the underdog. We should give those who have been dealt a bad hand in life a couple of extra cards.
Equality means the playing field has to be level.
I am a white man who has a lot of conveniences my minority friends will never be able to experience, and that sucks. On the other hand, just because the pendulum has swung in my favor for 200 years does not mean we should swing it in the other direction for 200 years. That would be equally ignorant. In other words, throw out quota-style hiring practices, and start a public education system not based upon tax revenues. Equality starts, and hopefully ends, with equal education.