@sunnydeveloper check out Altantic article on history of meritocracy after segregation battles in US https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/09

@sunnydeveloper check out Altantic article on history of meritocracy after segregation battles in US https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/09/how-ut-used-standardized-testing-to-slow-integration/597814/
... It was a rotten idea since inception.