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The sole point to affirmative action in the U.S. was to create opportunities for minorities that were being denied them based on racist attitudes. It has so far had the benefit of demonstrating to the American workforce (and those abroad) that the color of your skin has no impact on the ability to do a job, and that race does not dictate character (pro or con).
Today, that lesson is essentially considered learned in the U.S. However, there are still areas where minorities are noticeably underrepresented in jobs and opportunities. This is why affirmative action is still in effect in the U.S., to redress those imbalances. However, the reasons for the imbalances are fundamentally different today (usually financial or national, as opposed to racial), so the original laws need a reboot to deal with today's realities.
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