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Mediocracy and Affirmative Action • Part 5

The Genius of Thomas Sowell

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The Importance of Affirmative Action in India

Sowell: Affirmative action in India almost exclusively helped only the upper echelon untouchables and didn't help the lower echelonUntouchables at all. Sowell: You can't just take a kid from a small village in India and put him in medical school. He just didn't have any of the skills that you would need in medical school, whereas the one that was already in college could get it to the medical school.

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