You said, "Meritocracy is a
myth, John."
I am an older white male. I also KNOW that white
privilege is alive and well. I have a wife, two
daughters, and have taught for 33 years in a system
where girls are second-class citizens with limited
access to everything from facilities to instruction. I
doubt that only the disenfranchised are aware of the
inequities.
Native Americans and, more recently, Cambodians join
women as specific objects of the societal
"disenfranchisement" and those are only a few of the
groups that will freely doubt the accuracy (if not the
spirit) of John's point.
Herb Dempsey
dempsy@ix.netcom.com