Adam writes about not getting why affirmative action enrages people so much. There are only tiny pockets of society where affirmative action is implemented in such a way that people might actually notice. I remember Al Franken, in one of his books, talking about how he'd give paid speeches to rooms full of upper level management and he'd joke about what a big impact affirmative action had obviously had on the composition of the group.
As Adam says, if any of those enrgaged by affirmative action would spill half as much ink on legacy admissions, a practice which, whatever its intended purpose, has the clear effect of privileging the progeny of wealthy white people, I'd be more sympathetic.
