Question.

"Hey, I'm just sayin' - it's not red, half-white, and blue, right?  Am I right?"

Not to take Trump any more seriously than he's taking himself, but if he keeps up this whole "Obama benefited from Affirmative Action" trope, shouldn't someone finally ask him what his point is?  After all, Obama went on to become the President of the United States.  Isn't that the entire point of Affirmative Action?  Or should we insist that any beneficiary of Affirmative Action stick to his or her role of handout-loving n---er squealing with glee on his couch, getting one over on Uncle Sam?  Is becoming an uber-productive member of American society really that much of a violation of this particular social contract?  Should we reserve success for those who did it the right way, being born into it?


UPDATE: Matt Yglesias:

If it’s true that Barack Obama couldn’t get into college without a boost from affirmative action, then the fact that he later went on to become President of the United States of America would surely go to show that affirmative action is a good idea! The concern that super-talented people were getting locked out of opportunities is exactly the sort of thing affirmative action is supposed to resolve.