> It's intended to restore equity by giving greater opportunity to those historically disadvantaged, No, it literally isn't. Bakke in 1978 said that affirmati

> It's intended to restore equity by giving greater opportunity to those historically disadvantaged, No, it literally isn't. Bakke in 1978 said that affirmative action is justified because diversity benefits everyone. It is not supposed to be used to favor historically disadvantaged people, and of course, after Bakke, universities don't claim to be using it for that purpose. Of course, you may say that the universities are lying through their teeth when they claim that. You'll probably even be right. But taking them at their word, affirmative action is not "intended to restore equity by giving greater opportunity to those historically disadvantaged".