I think a lot of people who defend "affirmative action" [1] are misinformed about the extent of it. It's not about preferring the more "diverse" or less privile

I think a lot of people who defend "affirmative action" [1] are misinformed about the extent of it. It's not about preferring the more "diverse" or less privileged candidate among roughly equally qualified candidates. It's a direct attack on the concept of merit. Some of its ardent proponents aren't too shy about this fact either. [2] This chart [3] by the Economist is illuminating: In Harvard undergraduate admissions, a person of the wrong race with top 10% academics has a chance equal to that of a person of the right race with bottom 40% academics. [1]: Note the Orwellian name. [2]: E.g. see https://postmeritocracy.org/ https://postmeritocracy.org/ [3]: https://www.economist.com/sites/default/files/images/print-edition/20180623_USC932_0.png https://www.economist.com/sites/default/files/images/print-e...