The idea that you can have a black guy who can’t pass the testing to become a fire department crew chief get a leg up on guys who spend all their spare time studying, while not bothering to improve themselves at all? That’s a crock, and always has been. The way they implemented AA throughout most of the institutions in the US was purest BS. I get that there are problems for various minorities, but the way you overcome them is not by making special allowances and lowering standards for them, you do it by helping them meet the standard. If they don’t want to improve themselves to meet that standard, too bad.

I could give you case after case that I personally observed in the US Army where affirmative action policies were detrimental to good order and discipline, as well as where they eroded what could be termed “faith and trust in the institution” by the people who got screwed over in order to advance unqualified minorities. AA as implemented is a disaster, and needs to die.