re: Snowflakes melt over state farm commercial

Well, it's a discretionary determination made by those bureaucrats in control of the applicable governmental agency dispensing hand outs. There is no prescriptive basis other than to diminish the historical power of "whites" in this country.

Hence the seemingly contradictory status of Asians. Affirmative Action was initially instituted as a means of helping Blacks in this country, who were viewed as facing a very particular set of historical disadvantages. It was never meant to be applied to women (as women), Latinos, Asians, etc.

However, when it began to be wielded as a sword by bureaucrats, it became useful to include every "minority" under the sun. The problem was that certain minorities became successful despite the supposed prevailing racism they faced. That's when Asians could not be considered a minority anymore for purposes of certain things like college admissions.