Affirmative Action is a way to try to right generational wrongs that have caused damage to entire portions of our population, damages that continue to reverberate today.
Given that the US continues to underfund public primary education in poor and underprivileged communities where generally minorities live in higher proportion, yes, this is breaking history and the future for many in this country.
The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Are Breaking History and Our Future-
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/06/john-roberts-supreme-court-brown-v-board-of-education.html