I had a discussion with a FReeper affirmative action apologist regarding the same issues mentioned in your post. She accused me of being a bigot for saying that I would be reluctant to go to a black doctor becuase they are less qualified. She trotted out the old liberal lies about how skin color is just used to "tip the scales." What a load of crap.
When she couldn't get anywhere in her argument, she resorted to name calling, the last defense of Leftists everywhere.
"She accused me of being a bigot for saying that I would be reluctant to go to a black doctor becuase they are less qualified. "
I have a friend who is a black physicians who says the same thing.
It's just not the fact they admit students less qualified, it's the extraordinary lengths they go through to keep them from flunking out!
The people most hurt by this are the minority students who graduate by using their brains and hard work without the help of liberal do-gooders. Everyone is left to wonder whether their accomplishments were acheived by merit or by skin color.