<p>I agree with you that some applicants have attributes that they were born with, maybe someone is incredibly good at standardized tests, and of course that isn’t questioned, but race is obviously not something acquired. The color of your skin also does not mean that you suddenly have a diverse perspective…an African American individual who grew up in an all white society and a white kid that lived in that same society possibly might have similar perspectives…which sort of defeats the purpose of diversity. If it is based on socioeconomic status, I wouldn’t be writing this, but just because someone is of whatever skin color does not mean they are somehow different from their white or Asian peers. I feel that a white kid who has grown up in the ghetto deserves more of the benefits of something like AA then an African American kid that grew up in the upper middle class</p>