It's a very expensive band-aid on a massive gaping wound. Sure, it helps the black and other minority communities, but it breeds scorn in the long-run. There's quite a bit of ill will to the thought that tuition or tax dollars from the majority are being disproportionately spent on the minority. I'm not trying to be racist or stereotypical, but at some point enough is enough. Handouts aren't going to make you want to work harder. It gives a sense of entitlement that will ill prepare you for the future.

Sure, you can argue that they "paid their dues when their ancestors were slaves, or they were exploited by white settlers blah blah blah." How many generations must elapse before these unofficial "reparations" must go away? Do you not see how this keeps the gap large?

What is this attitude of: "WE ONLY WANT THE BEST, UNLESS YOU'RE A MINORITY THEN YOU ADD TO OUR 'DIVERSITY'." It doesn't matter about your socioeconomic status for the "diversity" scholarship at my university. It's purely race based with VERY LOOSE academic requirements. You need to have a pulse to get free or VERY CHEAP school. Socioeconomic status has MORE to do with your disadvantages than the color of your skin. This should be unconstitutional.

Anyways, I'm done ranting about institutional reverse racism.