Cheats them? You’re dreaming if you think they care about any of those reasons you cited. Their attitude is that they’re entitled BECAUSE of their skin color, they shouldn’t have to work for it, they don’t care if they excel - in fact, it’s discouraged in their culture - they don’t want to work for it and they expect whitey to take up the slack because they’re basically lazy and rebellious. They want their asses kissed and whitey to continue maintaining the wherewithal for them to continue this system.
Unfortunately for someone the caliber of Clarence Thomas or Thomas Sowell they get painted with the “Affermative Action” brush. It must especially gall guys like Thomas and Sowell that we have our first “affermative action” pres__ent.