<p>Well, I can, and in several ways. First of all, it is a huge plus for WHITE folks to see the examples of well-to-do, academically talented non-white students. Many, if most, will never have met any such students in their lives (and may never do so again.)</p>
<p>Secondly, it is a major plus for other, poorer minority students to have examples of such students (and families) within the student body. They may never have met any either.</p>
<p>Thirdly, well-to-do minority students may, in some instances, be better able to articulate the ongoing day-to-day racism that they and their families have to overcome. They enrich the classroom and the campus in a way that well-to-do white students never could.</p>
<p>Let’s remember that modern private college and unis for the most part were created for full-paying white customers. Colleges don’t admit other students simply out of the goodness of their hearts, or as some kind of reparation, but because it enhances the educational value of the institution for ALL students, starting with their traditional customer base.</p>