Contrary to popular belief, the white students at City College are not wealthy. I have yet to see one wearing a sheet over his head as shown on the cover. Racism is not restricted to white people. I have been the recipient of several racially motivated assaults, and I can assure you that white people do not have a corner on the market. It may unveil itself in different forms, but fundamentally racism is colorblind.
Affirmative action becomes an interesting paradox.
The more it succeeds in bringing minorities into the ranks of power, the less respected successful minorities become. Think of the 0.8 percent of black students accepted at UC Berkeley based entirely on their academic achievement. They face a questioning world in which they must constantly prove they truly did climb the ladder without help. That's not the respect I'd want after doing so well. Ward Connerly may be portrayed in your paper as a blind ignoramus, but the truth is, dismissing him as such is to ignore the very nature of the problem.