[ExI] Status as human motivator

[Rafal Smigrodzki]

On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Olga Bourlin <olga.bourlin at gmail.com> wrote:

> You have no idea the kind of discrimination scientists of black
> African descent have had to deal with.  I have known a few of them
> personally during my lifetime, and many of their stories have made me
> cry.   In a society with structural racism such as ours, why would you
> begrudge someone’s choice of finding a way to financial independence?
>

### Interesting. I am very familiar with black scientists in US
universities and companies, and so far I have not found any evidence
of "racism" - except in the form of affirmative action. My personal
observations are supported by a wealth of statistical evidence -
blacks in the US are in fact more likely to be admitted to
universities, graduate programs and to find jobs than whites and most
definitely than Asians of equal ability. If anything, there is a
pervasive and significant discrimination against Asians in the US.
Definitely not against blacks.

Rafal