The underlying question is whether merit as a criterion for advancement is doomed when legacies of racial and caste discrimination exist. Are those who agitate for affirmative action fighting for something that is more a quack remedy than a real solution?
根本问题是，社会存在种族和种姓歧视遗产时，唯才是举作为进步的标准是否在劫难逃。那些鼓动平等权利法案的人是否为庸医劣方而不是真正的解决方案而斗争？