> Affirmative action in college admissions and hiring has been a thing at least since the early 90s. 1969 iirc for college admissions and federal government co

> Affirmative action in college admissions and hiring has been a thing at least since the early 90s. 1969 iirc for college admissions and federal government contracts (and maybe federal government hiring). Interestingly, the 90s are when some states, like California in 1996 (prop 209), banned affirmative action in admissions.