Effects of affirmative action: "No longer beholden to the unifying, overarching value of merit, institutions become riven by tribal feuds and factional loyalties-both in government and in business alike, where it is well-known that newly arrived 'minorities' hire nepotistically." (Ilana Mercer)

Effects of affirmative action: "No longer beholden to the unifying, overarching value of merit, institutions become riven by tribal feuds and factional loyalties-both in government and in business alike, where it is well-known that newly arrived 'minorities' hire nepotistically."

Ilana Mercer

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