Apparantly race doesn't matter any more, at least not in terms of who gets money for college, even though at least one study shows that, in fact, systemic racism continues to plague our educational system.
If a certain group is being disporportionately under-represented in a particular signpost of upward mobility (like college education), then that is a good indication that we have not achieved a just society. Consequently, we have to do more to make those opportunities available, not less.
And it is disporportionate. Not radically so, to be sure, but unfortunately so. Let's take the number of bachelor's degrees awarded in 2003. 70% went to white people, while 8.7 percent were awarded to black students and 6.3 to hispanic. In terms of national population, the white population was about on track: 75.1 percent of the population is white. However, 12.3 percent of our population is black and 12.5 percent is hispanic.
Comparing these porportions, there is an approximately 7% differential between national population and bachelor's degree representation for white students. For blacks, the differential is about 30%, and for hispanics it is nearly 50%. Clearly, something isn't working, and eliminating scholarships designed to enable students from these underrepresented populations to attend college isn't helping matters.