Story time. Back in 1997 when I was looking at colleges I attended a "Bridging the gap" seminar at my local state university. Only prospective students whose parents didn't attend college were invited. In the packed ballroom we were the only white family in attendance. It seemed clear to me that the personal history captured by this metric was more meaningful than the color of one's skin, and that there were other more meaningful metrics that captured disadvantage as well, income, location, schools attended, etc.