<p>Just as a counterpoint to the idea that URM's are overcoming all sorts of insane diversity, I challenge you to find the statistics proving this. Certainly thats the stated purpose for affirmative action, but those who actually tend to benefit are those from minority groups from the upper socioeconomic brackets. Most "challenege youths" don't even bother applying (granted those that do are probably truly extraordinary). Affirmative action, in short, is another privilege for the privileged, and actually merely whitewashes the issue, hiding the greater social inequity behind the shield of political correctness and contrition for past racial discrimination. How many poor white kids from trailer parks who's parent's are abusive drug addicts do you hear about getting in to top schools? Is their success heralded? Now how about a the kid from Hell's Kitchen who went to Stuyvesant- sure, he went to the best school, but he lived in a terrible area and is a minority, so he must be disadvantaged, right?</p>