Affirmative Action Banned!

My state (Michigan) has wisely followed in the foosteps of California and banned racist/sexist affirmative action programs in Michigan, that would have discriminated against people based on nothing but their gender or the color of their skin, all in the name of promoting equality.  

It passed by a pretty wide margin 58% - 42% of the vote.. or, another way of looking at it: 

2,137,574  ---  YES on stopping AA
1,552,459  ---  NO on stopping AA

Hopefully this'll spread like wildfire throughout the rest of the states. 

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"I am saying that there is no proof, what so ever, that Affirmative Action is opposed to meritocracy. Would you care to offer an actual rebuttal to that, or would to prefer to continue talking in circles?"

I would gladly rebut that.  Look, it is really pretty simple.  If the quota in a given affirmative action program is set at 10% for a given racial demographic, and the applicants of said demographic are not the most meritable, then said candidates would have to be hired anyways - because of nothing but their race, and the government with its quotas and mandates.  If the candidate was to be picked based on nothing but merit, race would not be a factor.  Since race is indeed a factor in affirmative action programs, these programs are not meritocratic in that they involve promotion of a given person based on race, rather than merit.  If you are to have a society that hires based solely on merit, then affirmative action quite simply runs contrary to this image because it brings something into the picture that has absolutely nothing to do with merit or qualification for a given position - race.