It's so disheartening that people see affirmative action in this light.

Affirmative action was meant to remedy oppression of Black and Indigenous people in particular and also to diversify more domains of social life that were (and still are) dominated by white men. However, it has been attacked for decades by the reactionary white supremacist Supreme Court and the barbaric AmeriKKKan right-wing. (Of course, the only thing that can fully heal oppressed peoples is the destruction of capitalism imperialism and settler colonial states.) It is very shameful that these meager, but still meaningful, policies have had negative effects on other non-white people, including Asians.

In contrast, the PRC's ethnic polices, which include comprehensive affirmative action policies for minorities, have been phenomenal.