> Affirmative action and other “right ideas” like this can only result in corruption and racial tensions. This is a no-win scenario: Apartheid was affirmative

> Affirmative action and other “right ideas” like this can only result in corruption and racial tensions. This is a no-win scenario: Apartheid was affirmative action for a minority, it resulted in corruption and racial tensions, to put it lightly. There was a government-mandated floor on how poor white people could be - for instance, the starting position for white people in factories and mines were supervisor-/manager-level, regardless of their skill or education. It was verboten for a black person to have a white report. Apartheid lasted for most of the 20th century, at at the end of the day, you have 2 options, both 'unfair': maintain the status quo or try to make things more equitable. Which would you have chosen?