Very good points and arguments about affirmative action. The example I like to use, because my son is a Chemical Engineer;
The fluid in the pipe at the chemical plant doesn’t care if the plant engineer is black or white, male or female. It does not take race, gender, or sexual orientation into account. If the pressure and temperature of the fluid is wrong, the plant blows up and people die. It’s not being racist, sexist or homophobic. It is going to do what various natural laws demand will happen. It is truly “blind” to any sort of bigotry or prejudice.
Either you know what you are doing or the plant blows up. Period.
Absolutely. that potential (or actual) plant blow-up is a damage to society. Granted, plant blow-ups and such can and do happen regardless of the race or gender of a designer or employee.
I think of an airline pilot. Fatal accidents may happen with all fully qualified people involved .00001% of the time (just making that up) because it is impossible to prevent all accidents. So that means if there are a million people flying, 10 people die.
But having less qualified people makes it more likely, that is indisputable. So if it happens .000012% instead, that is two additional people.
Liberals don’t think that is a significant cost, but it sure is to those two people, their families and friends, and everyone they may have positively impacted in their lives.