It's kind of funny how some obnoxious white students will complain about not getting into school X because a supposedly less qualified black and/or Hispanic student took their spot. They seem to forget that if getting into college were only about SAT scores and grades, colleges would probably be about 70% Asian
. And I know that is not politically correct, but that's the truth
As for white people playing the race card, yes they do sometimes. Not every white person, of course, but definitely quite a few. Many white people just aren't aware of the privileges they have that extend beyond race into socioeconomic class,etc.