gq: The controversy surrounding affirmative action's effectiveness is based on the idea of class inequality. Opponents of racial affirmative action argue that the program actually benefits middle- and upper-class African Americans and Hispanic Americans at the expense of lower-class European Americans and Asian Americans. This argument supports the idea of class-based affirmative action. America's poor is disproportionately made up of people of color, so class-based affirmative action would disproportionately help people of color. This would eliminate the need for race-based affirmative action as well as reducing any disproportionate benefits for middle- and upper-class people of color.
Question: Which idea is the controversy of affirmative action primarily based upon? Question: Other than African Americans, who do detractors of affirmative action claim benefit most from affirmative action? Question: At who's expense other than Asian Americans are upper-class African Americans and Hispanic Americans supposedly benefiting? Question: Who primarily makes up America's poor group? Question: What do some people believe should be the basis for affirmative action instead of race based legislation?