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Legacy candidates might be some kind of privilege, however that does not exist in most schools and is only something that got you there. There is no privilege i

by rougka 4y ago

Legacy candidates might be some kind of privilege, however that does not exist in most schools and is only something that got you there. There is no privilege in graduating from higher education where people don’t cheat, as this is not as if you’ll take a random sample of the population, rich or poor, enroll them into a CS degree and get a high percentage of graduates. You cannot call something that takes skill and hard work a privilege. Privilege is something you’re born with, such as gentry. It also completely excludes these that are not born with that privilege, which is not the case here

0x20cowboy 4y ago
Did you get shot at in high school or have to fight off gangs everyday? Did you eat everyday? Having a higher odds of getting something is privilege. Rich people’s kids have a much higher likelihood of being rich wouldn’t you say? There are externalities that you seem to be simply ignoring - it is not a level playing field for all. And to work your way up is way harder based on your starting point in society. I have watched some very smart people wind up in very bad places due only to life circumstances. I find it odd that some people can’t see how obvious this is - or maybe they just don’t want to. By the way, I am not saying graduating from an Ivy League school is easy (or any school for that matter), or detracting from how much effort people put in to better themselves. Just that where some people start isn’t where everyone starts - therefore the heights one can climb to aren't the same.
- rougka 4y ago
  What you're describing is true for the absolute majority of the US population. We're living in a capitalist system which restricts access to resources to different people. Consider this, how much of the world population has access to running water? a computer? medicine? English is their first language or has a US visa? So how many of these can realistically study at one of the world’s top universities? Consider this and you will understand that even this one kid that studied in the high school with gang violence is so called privileged, and so is any citizen of the US. Think about it and you’ll see this is just a way to shift guilt to some magical top 1%, while anyone born in a western country has a significant advantage, and the way Capitalism is structured, anyone has an "unfair" advantage on some other person

by rougka 4y ago

0x20cowboy 4y ago

Did you get shot at in high school or have to fight off gangs everyday? Did you eat everyday? Having a higher odds of getting something is privilege. Rich people’s kids have a much higher likelihood of being rich wouldn’t you say? There are externalities that you seem to be simply ignoring - it is not a level playing field for all. And to work your way up is way harder based on your starting point in society. I have watched some very smart people wind up in very bad places due only to life circumstances. I find it odd that some people can’t see how obvious this is - or maybe they just don’t want to. By the way, I am not saying graduating from an Ivy League school is easy (or any school for that matter), or detracting from how much effort people put in to better themselves. Just that where some people start isn’t where everyone starts - therefore the heights one can climb to aren't the same.

rougka 4y ago
What you're describing is true for the absolute majority of the US population. We're living in a capitalist system which restricts access to resources to different people. Consider this, how much of the world population has access to running water? a computer? medicine? English is their first language or has a US visa? So how many of these can realistically study at one of the world’s top universities? Consider this and you will understand that even this one kid that studied in the high school with gang violence is so called privileged, and so is any citizen of the US. Think about it and you’ll see this is just a way to shift guilt to some magical top 1%, while anyone born in a western country has a significant advantage, and the way Capitalism is structured, anyone has an "unfair" advantage on some other person