The Ivy League's admissions are openly racist as you pointed out. The IL systematically discriminate against Americans of Asian, Pacific-Island, and Native American descent when considering minority enrollments. The IL practice is referred to as the "skin tone" game for admissions. 

Ironically, if a highly-qualified student came from an impoverished background?  Good luck. Melatonin over personal adversity.  The IL are private institutions who represent many reasons why transgenerational poverty remains so intractable in the U.S. The IL picks arbitrary "winners" not based on merit.