Maybe I should have sympathy for this, but I can’t find any. I worked my way through college and three different graduate schools and, like almost everyone else of my generation, incurred a sizable debt in the process. But, I took on that debt with the conviction that the investment would yield returns that would more than justify the financial exposure. Those actual returns, in reality, exceeded my wildest expectations.
Now, I understand that the outcome would have been quite different if I had failed to matriculate at any level. But, I knew that I was admitted to those scholastic programs solely on the basis of merit and, if I applied myself, I would enjoy success and reap the planned rewards. If I had been admitted to those programs primarily on the basis of my skin color, I would have had a very different expectation.
Leftists don’t do minority students any favors when they lower standards to ensure their acceptance into elite institutions. That said, unqualified minorities understand full-well the nature of the game and, if they agree to accept the benefits of racial discrimination in their favor, they also must bear the risks.
We agree :
Leftists don’t do minority students any favors when they lower standards to ensure their acceptance into elite institutions...
It is also, IMHO, the perfect example of the subtile bigotery of the Left.
In a nutshell: You do no seek, much less insist upon, special considerations and lower(ed) standards for those you conside your equals. Your superiors don't need them, your inferiors do. 