Study after study has shown that minority students under-perform [on the SAT] when compared against their white counterparts.

Really? Asians under-perform whites? Kind of undermines your argument doesn't it?

Suggesting that all people taking the same test are somehow on a level playing field to begin with is naïve.

How are the firefighters on an uneven playing field if they have been performing the same jobs for years? It is not as if you are comparing a poor, inner-city school with a rich, snobby "white" school. The firefighters have worked the same job for the same employer.