> Asking bc I went to a good school that had affirmative action.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34678203

Which was it? Was your school colour blind or did they practice affirmative action? They can’t both be true at the same time.

It is both. The top 5% of students from each high school doesn’t mean the top 5% overall. There was even a recent supreme court case over this. Something can be technically colorblind and still be affirmative action.