Yet, it is a tradeoff they eagerly take—and through their children then opt to take again.
Having that Ivy degree or whatever, coupled with the defensive anger, makes them resent anyone doubting the false credentials that they inflate themselves with pride over. Such a degree is the ultimate race card to coerce lifelong job and other unearned perks over the more qualified.
“Such a degree is the ultimate race card to coerce lifelong job and other unearned perks over the more qualified.”
I’d imagine with a lot of the staffing cuts going on in the real world many of these “fake workers” were among the first let go (as long as it didn’t upset the de facto legal requirement that 13% of jobs go to blacks). In the end, a company wants to know how you can help the bottom line, and if the answer is only that you might stave off a EEOC lawsuit, then you’re on thin ice.
It is too easy to defend laying someone off when they can barely read/write; put them on the stand and they’re done.