Agree with the posts above as I saw a Puerto Rican in Huntsville, AL get GOV/DOD contracts based on Section 8a.
I had thought 8a was for blacks only. It also gave Puerto Ricans the same edge on Gov contracts. This guy was a retired warrant officer. He had no engineering degree. No, not a BSEE, MSEE and/or PHD Eng MGMT, like my BIL has. I set my BIL up as a disabled Vet owned business. who was a CPT in Vietnam. He had several service connected disabilities and met the requirements. Yes, he is a retired multimillionaire now, but; these 8a types like the WO have preference over combat vets who own a disabled Vet business. Race plus females have preference.
It’s sad how those of us of that generation were treated. We lived our whole lives under Affirmative action. Many of us suffered age discrimination under Obama later on. Now they talk of reparations. Our generation already paid that debt.