If you find yourself defneding a racial discrimination suit, you will find it very helpfull to have a certain percentage of minorities. THat percentage is a de facto (not de jure) quota.
J.A Guy, I understand your point about giving new minority companies an advantage against older, established bidders. But what you conveniently ignore is that the advantage also helps new minority companies beat new white owned companies. In essence, I as a white mail am shut out of the bidding process.
you know, not all whites are rich and successful. Many of us are only one generation from being shut out for being russian, or jewish, or catholic, or poor or short or fat…
Affir. Action is indeed racism in that it favors a certain race. The only issue is whether or not it is a helpfull form of racism.