<p>Ungst -- it's very true that things like affirmative action don't always (if ever) take important specific circumstances like socio economic status into consideration, but the bottom line is that black people and many other races are so drastically underrepresented at this level (like the percentage of native americans is <1%) that you have to do SOMETHING to help balance that out. I mean it's not just coincidence that said peoples are so underepresented. You can whine all day about it not being fair to white people, but when it comes to increasing diversity (which is important), do you have a better idea?</p>