Our largely accidental, and mostly unwanted policy of unending mass immigration is what created the demographic nightmare. Things like affirmative action/racial preferences are an inevitable result of mass immigration-driven demographic turmoil, not a cause.
It’s a disgrace that the now massive collision between affirmative action and immigration policy gets almost no attention at all. That the media ignores it is a shame, but hardly surprising. That the GOP ignores it is also not surprising considering their cowardice on both issues, but it is infuriating nonetheless. Over 30% of the population is eligible for some sort of racial preference, and if current demographic trends continue, then it will be over half the nation by 2050. This is insane! And if Congress or the Courts won’t end it, then it will never end, as groups that benefit are not going to just willingly give up preferences.
Preferences should be abolished, but what really needs to happen is a drastic reduction in immigration. Like libertarians suffering from the delusion that the welfare state can be ended while mass immigration continues, it is similarly crazy to think racial preferences are going anywhere so long as we continue to import millions of future beneficiaries.
The mass immigration is caused by the low birthrate, which is caused by the fact that people don’t feel secure enough to raise families (affirmative action being one of many factors that come into play there).
Without mass immigration you would have dead cities, empty schools, etc. I don’t want the immigration (at least the illegal immigration), but that’s why they are here.