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Professor Fleming sits on the USNA Admissions Board.
Direct Inside Information -- not possessed by anyone else on this web site.
Unless another member of the USNA Admissions Board comes forward to print a rebuttal to his writings, Professor Fleming's insights into the inner workings of the Board FAR exceed those of any BGO, parent, current mid, or graduate/alumni.
He is telling you exactly how it works, he is telling you that race plays a major part in USNA admissions decisions regarding borderline applicants, yet you continue to doubt him?
I have no bias toward or against the USNA, unlike a BGO, parent, mid, or grad. So I take Professor Fleming's account of what happens on the inside of the USNA admissions process seriously, I don't have a pre-conceived prejudice against him because of some article he has written in the past--on the contrary, I have read his work in the past and have yet to find any credible evidence to discount it. Despite the BGOs/parents/mids/grads not liking his previous conclusions, I don't remember anyone proving him to be a liar.
As navy2010 alluded to, increasing the size of the qualified minority applicant pool should be the way to do it. And I'm pretty sure the USNA is increasing those efforts as well.
But lowering the qualification standards should not be the answer to the Naval Academy's (nor any of the service academy's) diversity dilemma.
Unfortunately, the only voice we are hearing from the inside of the Admissions Board says the USNA is doing exactly that -- lowering the bridge instead of raising the water.
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