We pretended that institutional racism wasn&#x27;t sown into the fabric of our society for decades and did nothing about it. The net effect is that nothing changed for minorities, because we&#x27;ve proven that we won&#x27;t change our behavior without incentives.<p>&gt; And that prejudice will amplify if you continue treating people of color differently.<p>Do you have a source for this? Such policy has real concrete effects with statistics you can point to. You can see the real positive effect it has on certain groups of people.<p>The only effect on white people I&#x27;ve seen documented is that racists have another bullet point on their long list of talking points to stir up their voter base. It doesn&#x27;t bother normal people.<p>As a potential candidate, if you&#x27;re going home and blaming affirmative action for the reason you didn&#x27;t get hired, it says a lot about the way you think. Mainly, that you blame other people for your problems, specifically minorities, which is an odd conclusion to come to.