Re: The only valid form of positive discrimination
I actually agree with you. It's easier said than done, but I've seen people rise up from disadvantaged backgrounds. For example, in college I tutored a black woman who was woefully underprepared by America's failed inner city schools. IIRC she lacked the basic arithmetic and algebra skills for the easiest chemistry course, but caught up in a matter of weeks. You rarely see that drive to succeed in 'privileged' youths. The 'oppressed and disadvantaged' seem to do just fine when they manage to avoid crime and welfare traps.
Positive discrimination isn't even necessary for that to work, as long as there are schools and employers with opportunities for *anyone* to prove themselves - as opposed to the increasingly rampant credentialism.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
