A brilliant short lecture by Lani Guinier, professor of law at Harvard and civil rights activist, on what merit means, why we need to redefine it, the benefits of diversity in approaching complex problems, what standardized tests like the SAT reveal about you ("what kind of car your parents drive"), and why we have moved into an era of "modern scientific racism" (via Anu Ramdas).
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