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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There is nothing ethically right about it.  But affirmative action does exactly that - discriminates against people based on race, sex, etc.

The market gives economic incentives to businesses to hire based on merit.  A business with a better, harder working, and more capable workforce than another business, is going to have that much of an advantage.  Thus, to the extent that a business discriminates, is to the extent that the market will punish said business.

The solution to discrimination is to let the market weed out discriminators, not to support racist/sexist affirmative action programs.