I was on the Admissions Committee of a well-know private university for two years. Our job was to “reconsider” applicants who did not have the requisite scores and other qualifications to gain admission. I would guess about 3/4’s were black, the rest mostly white. Far too many times my colleagues voted to admit the black student over a more qualified white student “to give them a chance”. I told them they are doing nothing more than taking their money for one semester because they were not prepared for the competitive grading system they were going to face. 93% of those “charity” cases lasted one semester. The success rate for white marginal students was just under 2/3’s. Did my liberal colleagues do them any favors? I don’t think so.
What's really sad is a lot of those kids might have done just fine at a community college... With affirmative action black students are almost always matched against more qualified students. Which is depressing and demoralizing for them and their families.