Is what are your thoughts on affirmative action?

At one point I was sort of neutral about it, I thought there may be an argument that it could help jump-start socioeconomic equality between races, and once that is achieved we can get rid of it as we don't need it anymore. But there's also the argument that benefits based on skin color are unethical.

But now with recent social movements, its clear to me that affirmative action causes more problems than it solves. I think it is a factor that is fueling white nationalism and related thought, because they feel discriminated against or can convince people that they are being discriminated against. It increases the tension that creates this sort of division in countries, and as long as we have this tension we cannot have an equal society.

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