[forapurpose]

> presumably wouldn't to most of the hn community

I wouldn't try to speak for the rest of the community.

Using the term "affirmative action" in regard to an African nation has clear implications.

[cderwin]

Namely that people of color benefit from it; that itself does not have racist implications.

You are of course correct that I should not have presumed the community agrees with me -- my apologies for making that assumption.