What is this piece trying to say? I feel like maybe the headline, which would have been chosen hy an editor and not the author, created a bit of a red-herri g

What is this piece trying to say? I feel like maybe the headline, which would have been chosen hy an editor and not the author, created a bit of a red-herri g here. But even so, the issue of "post-affirmative action" admissions comes up throughout, and I can't really grok to what purpose. The article seems to be unsure what it's trying to do. No great sin, although probably made more grating by the choice of title, and I can't understand why it was published or why it's here.