The real problem arises when a policy, such as affirmative action, affects huge numbers of diverse people. Citing an article this old results from the fact that so little has been revealed about affirmative in the press. Until 1989 there were no books on the topic. Lets review these misgivings. A concern such as this is misleading.
Some blacks are women.
So when people talk about women competing with blacks, what they really mean is women competing with black men . The disadvantage that black men have is that black women count twice when tallying statistics. Not mentioned in the 1980 NY Times article is the fact that in order to attract a pool of qualified racial candidates for jobs, both private industry and government have drawn upon foreign nationals to meet affirmative action quotas. In the meantime, the social conditions of the black community have deteriorated steadily. Black males were penalized by affirmative action in ways that were not so obvious.