When you set policy to favor certain genders or races instead of meritocratic ability you open the door for people to cheat the system and deny hardworking tale

When you set policy to favor certain genders or races instead of meritocratic ability you open the door for people to cheat the system and deny hardworking talented people who don't fit into your favored groups. Chinese Americans have parity or higher average income, college graduation rate, etc than European Americans for some time.Clearly there was some selection criteria to favor certain groups which outweighed merit in this case.