<p>It is a common misconception that colleges do AA because they give a flying **** about being fair to a race that has had a tough history or compensating, w/e. The reason that Yale needs to make sure that it has a strong % of non white, non asians is because 1) rankings take diversity into account and 2) more applicants will apply to a school that is diverse. Yale does AA because it has to be stay in the top ten US universities. So all the arguments about ‘oh, well its not as if we discriminate anymore’ and ‘white privilege is so prevalent everywhere and this is just a small step to counter it’ are completely pointless and missing the whole idea of why Yale does AA.</p>