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CMV: Affirmative Action has become harmful to the groups it was designed to protect and should be phased out.

Prioritization based around something an applicant has no control over is objectively not the best recruitment strategy - but those attributes alone can not and will not suffice as a substitute for actual skill. 

I do agree that AA was at one time necessary for encouraging hiring managers to overlook bias attributed to genetic factors, but anymore if a company wants to be bigoted in their hiring strategies they will do so. AA can only do so much in providing incentive for a visually diverse workplace. 

Anecdotally, as a STEM minority, if I had a dime for every time someone told me that my status somehow invalidated or directly factored into my accomplishments I would be set to retire upon graduation. I have been told point blank that I would have a significantly easier time finding a job due to my STEM minority status, and from experience that simply isn't true. I don't have a minority card that magically allows me to pass advanced calculus nor allows me to jump the line for job interviews. It's extremely patronizing to be dismissed due to a false notion that AA somehow makes it easier for someone like me to navigate the world of STEM.

With this in mind, I believe that AA in the present day does more harm than good by promoting a perception of false merit among minority groups in the workplace directly contributing to acts of resentment and hostility by those not covered by AA. 

Disclaimer: I'm not in any way disappointed by the fact that I haven't received these mythical minority points to cash in in lieu of actual work/skill. I also wish that AA never had to exist but I understand why it does and don't invalidate what it has done for workplace diversity.
gpt
You are unfairly blaming affirmative action for the behavior of racists. Affirmative action is not forcing anyone to say racist things to you, and indeed they would be able to say these racist things regardless of whether AA existed.