I’m dieting. I’m on some medication. Ah, just don’t like the taste. Got drunk one time and had a bad experience. I’m driving later. Someone I knew was an alcoholic. No thanks, ate something earlier and it’ll taste weird. But it’s not a shameful thing to just say no.
I feel like this actually drives a fair point. If people know that affirmative action isn’t used then they’ll be unable to argue about why “those people” whoever they are, must’ve gotten in. They’ll have to recognize they’re just as capable.