America needs to figure out what it wants from diversity efforts. Does it want-- 1. To just achieve color-blindness. 2. To achieve color-blindness AND help co

America needs to figure out what it wants from diversity efforts. Does it want-- 1. To just achieve color-blindness. 2. To achieve color-blindness AND help counter-act the cumulative effects of past discrimination. It is wants to achieve 2, you can't use a purely meritocratic system for college admissions or hiring.