International relationships are preordained to be clumsy gestures based on imperfect knowledge.
God preordained for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice a part of the human race without any merit of their own to eternal salvation and another part in just punishment of their sin to eternal damnation.
Affirmative action has a negative effect on our society when it means counting us like so many beans and dividing us into separate piles.