I am also curious if protected class preferences are cumulative.  

If you are a non-white, female, lesbian, you or your parents are from  Syria and you then choose to identify as a man, is your preference then higher?  Does a lesbian preference get more 'points' than being from Syria?  

Obviously, any white male born in this country will have to make it on ability or hard work or both, (not all white males have the last name of Trump) but the minority preferences especially how they interact are inherently confusing for me.