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As far as Republicans are concerned those changes are worse.
I'm an Asian American who in some ways can be hurt by AA, but I still support its existence. 
Yes, there are certain things about it AA that need to be reformed, and I suspect even its staunchest supporters recognize that.
But throwing out the entire concept of AA because some things about it are broken is like throwing out all of the welfare state because sometimes it's taken advantage of: if you are only willing to support systems or institutions when they are 100% perfect and never make mistakes, then you will never support anything, ever. >

I feel like that's the end goal there "Oh well we tried and it made things worse. No reason to continue."
Tweak it a little every three years. Assess. >

It didn’t make things worse though. The wage gap narrowed, more PoC graduated and attended college, and colleges across the country became significant more diverse.
There are down sides. Tweaks are needed. But we can’t say it made things worse, in my opinion.