> Do publicly advertised affirmative action or DEI programs have the side effect of causing qualified people to second guess whether their success was earned?

> Do publicly advertised affirmative action or DEI programs have the side effect of causing qualified people to second guess whether their success was earned? If you have status, you don't mind being known as a recipient of "affirmative action" i.e. "I picked you for supreme court justice cause your black". If you don't have status, then you don't want it to be known you're a recipient of aa i.e. you won't see the POTUS go around to ivy-leagues and point out all the affirmative action students saying, "It's great all these students got into harvard because they're black."