[ryanfx]

ok... since no one has really hit the head on the nail yet I'll go ahead and answer what actually happens:

I NEVER report what race I am when filling out applications to jobs, colleges, or scholarships. Many places will state a link "Why are we asking this?" below where they ask. It reads something like "to comply with federal regulations about equal opportunity for races.... yada yada" which essentially means "we need to hire x amount of minorities for every white person."

It is true there are laws in place which don't discriminate against you for putting that you are white, but there are also laws in place which ensure that they give jobs to X many minorities which in reality may or may not have deserved it, and in turn, takes up your spot. No they did not discriminate against you, but they unfairly gave your job to someone else because of their race when you deserved it.

so long story short they can't tell you no because you are white, but they can tell you no because they already said yes to someone else because they weren't white.