> The Baby Boomers cling to these ideas out of stubborn habit but people under 60 when asked if they think certain racial groups should get preferential access to job opportunities strongly disagree.
Preferential access to employment opportunities isn't the point of AA; modern employment AA programs are mostly outreach and other funnel programs to neutralize existing structural preferences (hiring preferences have, in fact, been bright-line illegal for decades.)
Which is why there is simultaneously majority support that is higher among younger Americans for affirmative action in employment, despite majority opposition to hiring preferences.
> It's a shame that people cling to these misguided failed ideas.
It is a shame that people cling to false ideas about what the debate is even about.
Preferential access to employment opportunities isn't the point of AA; modern employment AA programs are mostly outreach and other funnel programs to neutralize existing structural preferences (hiring preferences have, in fact, been bright-line illegal for decades.)
Which is why there is simultaneously majority support that is higher among younger Americans for affirmative action in employment, despite majority opposition to hiring preferences.
> It's a shame that people cling to these misguided failed ideas.
It is a shame that people cling to false ideas about what the debate is even about.