The thing I never understood about affirmative action was that it assumes only minorities are poor and need preferential treatment to get a job, college admission, etc. Also the other side of the coin, there are well off minorities that are still getting preferential treatment as well. That is why I have never been a supporter of a law based on the color of your skin that you have zero control over, unless you want to be Michael Jackson or Sammy Sosa and change it.