LIBERALS!!! Why do you say that you oppose racism when you support affirmative action?

Affirmative action rewards people grants, loans, etc simply because of there gender or race. In other words, if you are not a white male, then here's some money. I don't seem to recall Malcolm X or Martin Luther King Jr. asking for Affirmative action but asking for equality. Why will liberals refuse to drop race or gender as it should not matter anymore. 2 wrongs don't make a right