I thought it was meant to be a ‘leg-up... not a way of life or a permanent crutch.
Thirty some years ago, I was hired for a state job. Had everything ready to go but at 5 pm the day before, the supervisor called and was all kinds of angry to say HQ said I couldn’t be hired because they needed a token black. Thing is, no blacks lived out here so no blacks applied. The job listing remained posted for years and went unfilled. No blacks ever lived here until Katrina blew in some trash.