Circular argument there, Bill -  I am promoting racism because I am a racist, despite the fact that I am arguing for equal opportunity for all races. You on the other hand, assume that blacks are admitted to college at a far lower level because they are intellectually inferior. I am arguing that their lower scores on admission tests are the result of K-12 education in inferior schools owing to local underfunding. The whole point of affirmative action is positive, to open the opportunity of higher education to those to whom it is otherwise denied. That is to the good of the nation. In the meantime, those white students who qualify can in every case find an acceptable school to attend. Opposition to affirmative action is based on racism, pure and simple.

The notion of "races" is an error. There are only homo sapiens with different amounts of melanin. Their intellectual capacities are not linked to melanin in any way. Our nation is better off if we can provide equal access to education.