The questions in my comment are intentionally rhetorical. At some point due to intermarriage it becomes more difficult to sustain the logic of inherited ethnic or racial rights and privileges in a diverse society. In theory, the number of people who should be eligible for such status should logically be declining, which as the article points out hasn't been the experience. My main point is that benefits shouldn't be allocated on the basis of racial or ethnic identity. It's just a bad idea. Period.