“...Stanford University accepted only 5 percent of applicants, a new low among the most prestigious schools...”
And if you’re a white male you have a better chance of starting for the Miami Heat than getting into Stanford or any Ivy League college.
It’s not easy to get in to Stanford or an Ivy if you’re white, but that’s despite affirmative action, not because of it. The typical mix at those schools is 50-60% white, 20-25% underrepresented minorities, 20-25% Asians. Without affirmative action the mix would be 75%+ Asian, 25% or less white, and 1% or less underrepresented minorities. (And of those whites, half of them would be the kids of former Soviet Union immigrants.) Just because white guys get a less dramatic preference doesn’t mean they aren’t getting a preference.