Affirmative What?

Something that ran through my head today...

If you have black AND white parents, thereby making you mulatto, do you still get all the benefits of affirmative action?

[I've been reading a book entitled In Defense of Elitism that examines social programs such as affirmative action and compensating "oppressed" groups of people instead of allowing the old adage, "The best man for the job gets the job." I'm guessing that they give them the benefit of the doubt.]