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218Gus > Yours is actually a hackneyed story peddled by many nostalgists of colosea_urchin-9/14/2005
217Re: <i>So, as you see , it's not only paternalistic whites, like me, wGUSTAVE JAEGER-9/14/2005
216Re: <i>What is different in present SAn context is it is the blacks who arGUSTAVE JAEGER-9/14/2005
215Gus > The Meritocracy Myth. A very interesting resume of a very interesting sea_urchin-9/13/2005
214Gus > what we find in SA is virtual collapse of effective service delivery insea_urchin-9/13/2005
213Debunking the... ...<b>The Meritocracy Myth <i>by Stephen J. McNaGUSTAVE JAEGER-9/13/2005
212Re: <i>...the proof of the pudding is in the eating and what we find in SAGUSTAVE JAEGER-9/13/2005
211Re: <i>What we find, for example, is that a black applicant for medical scGUSTAVE JAEGER-9/13/2005
210Gus > where, say, 100 applicants are equally qualified to fill a given job --sea_urchin-9/13/2005
209Re: <i>the job should be given to someone who can do it, and do it well --GUSTAVE JAEGER-9/13/2005
208Gus > But "merit" itself is an arbitrary criterion! Who's gonnasea_urchin-9/13/2005
207Gus > Land distributed to the smartest.... It's not about smart or a lotsea_urchin-9/13/2005
206Re: <i>That's impossible -- affirmative action and meritocracy are a cGUSTAVE JAEGER-9/13/2005
205Re: <i>The land was largely held under the jurisdiction of tribal chiefs aGUSTAVE JAEGER-9/13/2005
204Gus > one doesn't have to travel as far as South Africa to watch "insea_urchin-9/12/2005
203Gus > I contend that, whatever its shortcomings, today's South Africa is sea_urchin-9/12/2005
202Gus > A substantial proportion of land appropriated from blacks by the South sea_urchin-9/12/2005
201Re: <i>In other words, [Affirmative Action] is socialist and, being philosGUSTAVE JAEGER-9/12/2005
200Re: <i>...the conditions for most slaves were not too bad at all. Sure, thGUSTAVE JAEGER-9/12/2005
199Gus > Children ALWAYS pay for their parents and grandparents' crimes and sea_urchin-9/12/2005
198Re: <i>I am aware that it didn't but it's hard to see my kids and GUSTAVE JAEGER-9/12/2005
197Gus > Your firm grip on South Africa's riches --and your trade partners/fsea_urchin-9/12/2005
196Re: <i>...the main source of racism is the official, affirmative action poGUSTAVE JAEGER-9/12/2005
195Gus, I don't see myself as an Afrikaaner, I don't identify with them ansea_urchin-9/12/2005
194Gus > who are the "race obsessed"? The 66% of African-American crybsea_urchin-9/12/2005
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