AA is the same thing, surely. Creating opportunities for people based on some identity characteristic is invariably the same thing as denying those opportunitie

AA is the same thing, surely. Creating opportunities for people based on some identity characteristic is invariably the same thing as denying those opportunities to others - resources, positions, and opportunities are in the instant zero sum games (not in the long run, but decisions on how to allocate opportunities aren't made over the long run but in the moment).