“No one worries too much about promoting janitors.”
You are actually half right. Griggs vs. Duke Power does not impact too many people possessing advanced degrees behind their name. It is mostly the “blue collars” that got the knife in their back. However, there are cases of fairly well credentialed firemen who also got screwed by Griggs vs. Duke Power and other similar court decisions. The recent Frank Ricci situation is a case in point. And never forget that most Americans don’t attend college—and they are the ones really paying the price. But we are still left with one question: do you believe that credentials are more important than actual knowledge? Should the self-educated Alexander Hamilton been compelled to attend law school?
It’s ironic that you unwittingly agree completely with me. We are on the exact same page. I’ve long told people that Griggs vs. Duke Power has been mostly ignored—because it did not harm the highly credentialed individuals populating America’s law schools and economic departments. It was no skin off their teeth. That this court decision has roughly cost the overall American economy three trillion dollars since 1971 is something that still does not impact them directly.
