In 1950, opposing informal race and sex based hiring policies that cost people positions they would have earned solely on merit meant you were NOT a racist and NOT a misogynist.

In 2017, opposing formal race and sex based hiring policies that cost people positions they would have earned solely on merit makes you a ... misogynist and racist. Who woulda thunk?

The solution to an old system biased against minorities and women is not to produce a new system that's biased FOR minorities and women. It's to make a system that's fair and takes race and sex out of the equation.