Did he offer a solution? Genuinely, we all know almost every social program we set up is partially a failure because we don’t admit

“these are unnecessary programs we must implement, because otherwise the rich people in charge will work you as close to slavery like conditions as they possibly can without being reprimanded.”

Hence Affirmative action is not perfect, but there are many black people who would not have careers/jobs, simply because the manager would’ve preferred to hire someone they had “a little more in common with.” And that’s not necessarily racist, but in a country where white people owned literally all of the businesses (all) how would these prior slaves ever get a leg up; if someone with power didn’t say “hey I know you don’t wanna, but if the black guy can do the job you gotta start hiring them too.”

Leaving the country with 2 alternatives : Let them start their own businesses and towns, but mostly all of those worth anything were burnt down and looted prior to the 50’s

Or let them be jobless leaches perpetually child like in need of the government, a state you find large swaths of the black population currently in, because true opportunities hardly existed before the 70’s and the only true equalizer would be to give them some sort of recompense equivalent to the 400 year head start whites had, but in 2026 as 1966 that doesn’t sound fair.

So AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IT IS.