It ain't just for Boy Scouts... or is it?

I stopped by blackfeminism.org and came across a fascinating article entitled The Measure of Meritocracy. The article is actually an interview with Lani Guiner, writer of an upcoming book: Meritocracy Inc.: How Wealth Became Merit, Class Became Race, and College Education Became a Gift from the Poor to the Rich. It was interesting reading the article because I completely agree with her bottom line of a meritocracy myth but I don't buy some of the higher conclusions that get her there. The bit that bothers me the most is alluded to in the final part of the title of her book and in this snippet:

[Anthony Carnevaly] did a study of 146 of the most selective colleges and universities and found that 74% of students came from the top 25% of the socio-economic spectrum. Only 3% came from the lowest quartile and 10% (which is 3% plus 7%) came from the... read more

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