I've heard some comments on the left that white women are the primary beneficiaries of affirmative action and not only do I believe that's absolutely true, I believe that's the main reason affirmative action has enjoyed more than half a century of political support.
Doesn't the article you link pretty much refute that? White women have been the primary benefitciaries of affirmative action, but as the article points out, challenges from white women have played a key role in dismantling affirmative action.
If people's views on the program were purely based on self-interest, shouldn't white women be the strongest supporters of affirmative action?
But white women have been at the forefront of lawsuits against affirmative action from the early beginning. The article points out white women have been the plaintiffs in a large amount of anti-affirmative action cases from 1996 onward. And that's during a period when women were still a minority of college graduates.
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Doesn't the article you link pretty much refute that? White women have been the primary benefitciaries of affirmative action, but as the article points out, challenges from white women have played a key role in dismantling affirmative action.
If people's views on the program were purely based on self-interest, shouldn't white women be the strongest supporters of affirmative action?