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Education isn't the problem. Indoctrination is.

Responsible, reasonably intelligent adults are encouraging children to take on this debt. If there is anyone to educate, it is the adults, not the children.

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Discriminating against people with college degrees is the last bastion of acceptable racism.

We would look askance at companies that put out ads that advised that people of color should not apply. But there's not nearly the same level of outrage when a college degree is required to be an administrative assistant.

I'm strongly with you but it's hardly the last bastion of acceptable racism. It's one of very many we still have. Adequate education in any form or at any age, he kind that is crucial for access to college, is flat out unavailable for many people in underserved communities.

Having or not having a degree doesn't make you a certain "race". College degrees are proxy for skill set and ability. Sure, maybe not a good once, but one that's used. And companies are allowed to discriminate based on skill set/ability.

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