I guess start with an "equal" opportunity to do the work involved, and go from there. One issue I've always had with certain forms of AA is the fact that in some minds, it means an "equal" place at the trough, rather than an opportunity to do the work and benefit yourself and society.
Sure, in attempts to rectify things we probably (most of us, anyway) all call aggregious, some eggs are broken. Thinking these issues through is always a good thing. An African American is now president. Do we still want to use race (questionable term in and of itself) to determine opportunity? Perhaps as suggested, economics is a better way to go.
But before we get too ahead of ourselves...let's just remember that what I post below still goes on:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/19/int...age/index.html
Best,
Ron