And not just because the phenomenon you describe results in a lot of those poor whites you reference refusing to support or even actively opposing social empowerment because they know it won't help them anyway. I've often accused the power brokers of engaging in divide and conquer tactics, but the fact is minority preferences and quotas do much of the job for them. Nothing better demonstrates that than the fact a college application question about sexual orientation would be unthinkable if it were meant to discriminate AGAINST homosexuals but is somehow acceptable if it seeks to discriminate against EVERYONE ELSE (as such preferential treatment effectively does).