Affirm the Actions for College?

For a long time I was against affirmative action based on race.  It seemed unfair that someone from NT who happened to have been born a race other than white automatically got a foot up over me.

I am still a little bit iffy on the current idea of affirmative action. I used to think that it should be based solely on economic background, not race.  Now, I think it should be based on a combination of both.

The reason for affirmative action was to allow more minorities to join the ranks of elite schools and townships.  From this standpoint, we give minority kids a boosted chance when they are applying for college, and they subsequently diversify the "white" neighborhoods.

The problem at this point is that affirmative action will also apply to minority members of already elite families.  It is not only unfair to give a fellow NT student who has had all the same opportunities as me a foot up, but it is also racist if you sit back and think about it.  Overall, though, it just isn't practical at achieving the goal of affirmative action.

If you give all minorities the same advantage in getting into college, then the wealthy minorities will get into college and populate the wealthy townships.  Basically, a few minority families were able to escape the cyclical poverty and the rest are trapped by the system that was supposed to help them.

I understand why we haven't changed the system.  Anyone who suggests a change will be accused of being racist.  I am not a racist, I just want the benefits to go to those who deserve it.  I also want to see more equality between the class of races. The best way to do this would be to empower poor minorities, not wealthy ones.