I've always thought if you were going to have any kind of affirmative action, it should be class/income based rather than race and gender based. Sure the most

I've always thought if you were going to have any kind of affirmative action, it should be class/income based rather than race and gender based. Sure the most powerful people in the world are usually white men, but as you said that doesn't really mean much to the average poor rural white kid. Also income is also highly correlated with race, so disadvantaged minorities would benefit disproportionately anyway.