This kind of mindset always astonishes me. the inability to see the bigger picture. yes it's aimed at uplifting black people, but many white people are being affected, a kind of collateral damage.
As for unemployment figures, if you understand how these figures are calculated, you wouldn't let the 6% number fool you.
BEE directly led to my father's business going insolvent. he had a small trucking company, when his biggest client implemented a BEE policy, they summarily cancelled his contracts. The BEE laws allowed them to do that, he was not given a chance to improve his own BEE score, even though at the time all his employees many of who where friends were black.
My father then tried to re-enter the job market, AA made it very difficult, eventually, realizing that his age and his skin color both count against him, he gave up. He has been unemployed for more than 10 years. but since he is not actively looking for work, he is not included in the 6%