A 'victim' is likely to be one who thinks he/she did not get preferential treatment for themselves. If there are 12 applicants & 4 positions, there has to be some attempt to seek a fair & balanced process. IF the former process favored one group, some of them are OBVIOUSLY gonna be grumpy if the newer process (affirmative action) lowers their chances. This ain't necessarily a bad thing.

It's hard to design an affirmative action program that is absolutely and totally fair, but otherwise on class gets shafted...(just as it is hard to set up unions to be totally fair...but without them, workers often get shafted)