If you’ve ever worked in some capacity on procuring a federal government contract, then you’re familiar with maybe the single most obvious and grotesque form of affirmative action that exists in this country.
It’s been around for a long time. As far back as Nixon’s administration, gender and racial affirmative action became mandatory for federal construction projects in the city of Philadelphia. Any federal contractor that hired fewer than 80% of the local share of “any race, sex, or ethnic group” risked losing their contract — and being barred from working with the federal government entirely. Within a year, those requirements applied to contracts with all federal agencies, nationwide.
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