This country has been a giant affirmative action program for folks that Europe didn't need or want, for 200 years. Most white folks don't know what they have earned based on merit, or what they got for just showing up white. A meritocracy will not be kind to the poorly educated white folks that elected Trump. BTW, the easiest way for those European refugees to become white was to learn to fear and hate non-white minorities in general and black folks in particular.