The problem of affirmative action is complicated by several things. One, it is by definition discrimination by race. You are giving preferential treatment to p

The problem of affirmative action is complicated by several things. One, it is by definition discrimination by race. You are giving preferential treatment to people based on skin color. Two, it creates distrust between students of different colors. If you know that some black students are accepted based on skin color rather than ability, then you'll start to suspect that the black students in your class didn't earn their ride to college, so to speak. In extreme cases, if you've been denied entry to Harvard, you may suspect that you were left out to leave room for a less-qualified but more "diverse" student. These two issues combine to not only make affirmative action hypocritical, but also to make it actively harmful. Affirmative action doesn't "fix" racism, it encourages it.