I feel like the author tries to make an argument against an elite paradigm while still having trouble getting outside of it. "Graduates of elite schools are no

I feel like the author tries to make an argument against an elite paradigm while still having trouble getting outside of it. "Graduates of elite schools are not more valuable than stupid people, or talentless people, or even lazy people." He would be better off saying that Graduates of elite schools can also be stupid, lazy and talentless. Instead he still reinforces the distinction that you're elite, or one of those three. Either way he comes out and says just that before or after the above quote.