I got the impression you were saying white people who weren't economically successful were losers. Maybe I misinterpreted you statement and that's my bad if I did.
The question about AA and Universities is (and this would pertain to athletes and legacies as well) are we doing kids a disservice by putting them in schools for which they would not have otherwise qualified for? The ultimate judgement of that is graduation rates. For example I'm sure you're aware of Prop 209 I believe it was which basically outlawed the use of race in college admissions in California. UCLA had a much smaller percentage of black students enter as Freshman in the following years but the number of black students who graduated remained the same. One can get much deeper into these numbers and the reasons for them but the question remains, is it better to put someone in a school they didn't qualify for and have them drop out or go to a 'lesser' school and graduate?
I'm not sure why you threw conservative into your response. Should I be standing on my chair praising out loud the gov't for removing racist discriminatory practices it itself had put into place? It never should have been there to begin with.