Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion and Racial Quotas are all the same!

Updated July 5, 2023

The US. Supreme Court has ruled against affirmative action!

The fundamental premise behind most of these terms is false and harmful to the US. economy. If a particular “class” of people is earning less, getting promoted less, granted loans less, graduating less, accumulating less wealth, living shorter lives, or being arrested more, then the “system” must be prejudice!!! That is the premise.

I reject that premise! There will always be the “lower 20%.” And the population of that 20% changes dramatically each year. Economists will tell you and much has been written about the scarcity of resources. Raw materials, water, investment $$$$’s, land, research and development grants are all limited and must be allocated on merit. No national economy can survive long term, if that economy dispenses resources based on “equity” or “inclusion.”

Regrettably, this country has been divided into “classes” of people. And our radical leaders propose policies that distribute resources to each “class.” Who decides the classes and the proportion each gets? Of course, this is madness! Allocation by merit is easier and more beneficial to all “classes.” Period.

Here is an example of “class” distribution of resources:

Clover, SC is a small town in York County, population about 7,000 people. The town has a local bank founded in 1955. That bank has about $10 million in deposits, and therefore can loan $1 million to residents. The bank manager and loan officer decide to be “fair” and make 20 loans of $50,000 each, and to make these loans based on “diversity.” The 20 loans will be allocated as follows: each of these “classes” will get 2 loans– Black women, Black men, Asian men, Asian women, Hispanic women, Hispanic men, white women, disabled men, LGBTQ+, and ex-felons. Merit is not a factor.

Do you see the problems with this approach? Will the bank be successful making these loans? Will they even find borrowers in these “classes?”. Of course not! And the bank will lose money! And people with great business ideas will not get many loans. And the city will not grow and provide jobs. And-the city revenues will decrease, thus social programs will be forced to decrease spending. Nobody wins!

Affirmative action, inclusion, equity, diversity, racial justice is all the same. It means a small group of people get privilege when allocating scarce resources. It also means that other groups will get completely left out. This is madness! Use merit for the allocation of resources!!