It's even more ironic that affirmative action guarantees that many of us will NEVER consider going to a "minority" doctor or lawyer. Years ago, a great black doctor saved my daughter from horrible surgery...but then along came affirmative action, and now I find it impossible to feel "comfortable," to use the liberal's term, going to a minority "professional," because I have no way of knowning whether he got into med or law school because he was the best and brightest candidate for the slot.
What I know for a FACT now, is that any white kid who manages to get accepted to grad school is absolutely brilliant. Sort of doubly ironic, because before affirmative action came along, it worked the opposite way. Any black doc or attorney was clearly absolutely brilliant, and I was happy to hire them to treat or represent me.