supergee: (liberal)
Arthur D. Hlavaty ([personal profile] supergee) wrote2024-12-02 01:21 pm
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Discrimination

The word discriminate has two opposite meanings: to distinguish badly (racial discrimination) and to distinguish well (discriminating tastes). Public schools of course should refrain from the bad kind, but one essential function is to discriminate well.

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