So generally, across countries and communities, I find that affirmative action tends to benefit:
- Members of visible minorities
- Women
- People with disabilities
- Maybe some other groups
Well more than half of the electorate are women, about 1/6th are disabled, and usually good chunk are visible minorities. So this amounts to a majority of the population being beneficiaries of affirmative action.
I've heard some comments on the left that white women are the primary beneficiaries of affirmative action and not only do I believe that's absolutely true, I believe that's the main reason affirmativ