Furthermore I think many of the comments made by pters on this thread are dissappointingly ignorant and unfortunately they reflect all to well the attitudes of white christian americans.

Since when did CHristianity have anything to do with it?

Even the Army in it's bureaucratic morass has done away with set-asides for minorities. They finally realized that all they were doing by giving extra promotion points for minorities was making the situation worse.

Discrimination is discrimination. By institutionalizing it in any way the situation worsens, it doesn't improve.