FYI, i'd rank systems in order like this.
1) Information of races is collected including adjusted by education, equal rights laws (98% of Affirmative Action) is in place and these results are published bi annually. Special interest groups can boycott and picket the backsliders. etc.
2) The American system. It works... clearly, based on the statistics.
3) The French system. Ignore race and racism and hope it will go away. That's all the French system does... as has been shown by the VERY REAL racism that still exists in France in very huge ways. Way bigger then the US.
The reason the French system doesn't work is really fairly obvious. Rules like the French have only work when racism isn't a problem... because otherwise there is no way to tell if anyone is racist.
It's like having a system where home invasion statistics are never taken. Is that going to stop home invasions? Of course not! You've taken away the ability to track it.
A problem has never been solved by closing your eyes.
Well, outside of problems like "Boy that's ugly" and "Man do I feel dizzy".
