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Argument: Affirmative action fails to compensate for past wrongs by affecting the wrong groups
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- "Several writers took to task Thomson's argument that preferential hiring justifiably makes up for past wrongs. Preferential hiring seen as compensation looks perverse, they contended, since it benefits individuals (blacks and women possessing good educational credentials) least likely harmed by past wrongs while it burdens individuals (younger white male applicants) least likely to be responsible for past wrongs."
- Argument:Affirmative Action should not attempt to neutralize unfair advantages via race-considerations, but by social and economic background
