It's just the beginning of a long-term plan. Once they've been given a degree (that has value to those who earned it), they are placed in a government agency or private corporation or university that is seeking the same public praise of "celebrating diversity". But rather than being placed where meaningful work is performed, they generally are given high profile positions that actually require little by way of results.
After years of perfunctory, highly rated performance reviews, they build a resume that looks impressive enough that they can get real jobs; and then they flame out, some times with disastrous results.
Does the name Franlin Raines ring a bell? How about Barack Obama?
Deval Patrick is another one...