But is it possible that your experience arises out of your own prejudices against the right? You automatically assume that their objection to affirmative action is motivated by race or some concept of not wanting African Americans to get a break? And that your assumption is blatantly incorrect and unfair when applied to the vast majority of us who think affirmative action has long outlived its usefulness?
I look to a dear friend who happened to be African American. She was valedictorian of her high school, president of the senior class, and scored in the high 90 percentiles on her SATs and would like to believe that was what got her into the prestigious university she attended rather than affirmative action.
But despite her excelling at most things she tackled in life and becoming an expert in her field, she was always aware of the impression of many of her coworkers/colleagues that she was perceived as the 'token black', the 'affirmative action' employee, and that she received awards and promotions because she was black rather than that she merited them. She resented how often she was drafted to represent black people in formal discussion groups, on panels, etc. (She would like to have been recruited for her expertise on various subjects.)
John McWhorter PhD once wrote a provocative and insightful essay on "White Privilege." IMO the most poignant paragraph in that essay was this one:
. . .To be sure, there is, indeed, a distinct White Privilege. Being white does offer a freedom not easily available to others. You can underperform without it being ascribed to your race. And when you excel, no one wonders whether Affirmative Action had anything to do with it. Authority figures are likely to be your color, and no one associates people of your color with a propensity to violence. No one expects you to represent your race in a class discussion or anywhere else. . .
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-privilege-of-checking-white-privilege
And that brings us back to me and I believe many millions of others of us representing all the various races, who want a society that rates and evaluates people on their character, accomplishments, merits instead of identifying them as 'black', or 'gay' or 'a woman' or whatever criteria is used that infers they are 'different' or apart from the mainstream.