@sweatearl Of course they are not accepting “any black person.” It’s a fact supported by researchers and private college’s released data that you can easily find online that affirmative action allows less qualified students to get in. Obviously, a 3.0 black student still has no chance at Stanford or Harvard even if they are a URM, but a 3.8-9 student might have an upper hand over a non-URM student. I personally believe that affirmative action is necessary for colleges to achieve diversity and to level the playing field, but I don’t think to deny that AA exists is useful.