It's that American cultural aversion to ever admitting that race is tied to history, they want to be seen to be doing something about racism but still do it through a racist lens where what matters is whether you look black and not what it actually means to have been discriminated against by American history and policy.

> not what it actually means to have been discriminated against by American history and policy.

There is a massive historical element to the position that most black americans find themselves in now. But there is also ongoing racism, which I don't see how you can tackle with only color blind policies.

It has some relevance for Americans, and clearly wasn't made to fit every global community. I'm not defending it, but I would think domestic applicants are far more numerous and therefore the effects on them merit more consideration.

You know a lot of poor South African white people who immigrate to America?

Cheers for this. So many people talking out of their asses here.

It's because predicating carefully-chosen giveaways to "the right kind" of people with darker skin is easier and preferable to the elite than what is actually righteous and necessary: capital transfers (reparations) to the descendents of people who were wronged, and the people who are affected by stigma against the people who were wronged.

The fact that all of the various workarounds end up targeting people nominally outside the scope is a feature, not a bug.