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 understand your argument perfectly, you are finally admitting that affirmative action is racist, but that you think necessary due to the amount of racial disparity. If this were the case I would agree, however there are 3 points you have ignored. I will refer to racist affirmative action as RAA from now on.

1a: Making assumptions about people based on their race is always going to cause problems, humans are not perfect beings and you cannot simply say "oh well it's their fault for not being perfect so I'm not going to change my policies". Thus we must only use such actions in extreme circumstances and resort to treating people equally as soon as we can.

1b: RAA does not cover all instances of discrimination and makes assumptions about people based on their race. Other replacements such as increasing civil rights enforcement, regulation of employment to ensure companies which do not choose the highest qualified prospective employee are investigated and compensation programs based on the actual priviledges people have been denied fulfil the same objectives.

2: Wealth isn't the only cause of racial disparity and if RAA was necessary it could only ever be a temporary measure.

I am very bored now. From now on when you respond I will refer you to one of these 3 points and give a brief explanations as to why it applies.