California is one state that has succeeded with this plan. Since affirmative action was eliminated there in 1995, all students have done well and the quality of education has increased. My point is that to be a conservative does not make one inherently racist. While there are surely racist conservatives around, you could just as easily find a liberal one, too. Don't waste your time trying to place blame for a problem that belongs to us all, because that only prevents the type of frank discussion we need.
Ignorance has no political ideology.