I hear what you are saying. There have been tests on groups of student test takers: group 1 is told they are talented and that the test is hard group 2 is told

I hear what you are saying. There have been tests on groups of student test takers: group 1 is told they are talented and that the test is hard group 2 is told if they work hard they wil prevail that was the gist, but I could be getting the wording wrong. The work-hard group did much better at the test than the talented group. I'm going from memory here and will try to find the test to post here. But don't you think it is valuable to prepare those who might have a tougher time with knowledge about how discrimination operates within our institutions that confer power for situations they may face and that certain strategies are better (based upon data from history) than others in understanding the basis of these? When one understands how the opposing army operates, one can create a more effective and hopefully victorious strategy. Especially if one is told that winning battle strategies productively use insider knowlege of one's opponents strengths and weknesses in an innovative and sustained counter-measure.