Affirmative action’s psychological effects depend entirely on deployment context.

Evidence

In short, affirmative action may or may not have harmful psychological and interpersonal effects, depending on who is involved, how the policy is deployed, and the context within which it is deployed - extremely useful knowledge, but hardly grounds for passion in either defense or opposition. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1982

Categorization

• CANDY: The final clause is a wry, quotable turn: useful knowledge but no grounds for passion.