A Harvard degree is more valuable because the marketplace more highly values Harvard grads; compare their starting salaries for proof. Why does the market favor the Harvard grad? Smarter students performing superior scholarship; compare the stats on their incoming students, moreover, compare the level and quantity of academic product for proof.
You're right, though you misunderstood my point; audacity alone isn't enough. Obama has audacity, but he also has a superior intellect resulting from his own innate gifts and his elite education.
Education is critically important because education is not only what separates Obama from Jackson and Sharpton, academic performance is principally what separates blacks from fellow Americans.
Obama's path to success, indeed, the principal path to success, is in the classroom. To the extent that Jackson, Sharpton, and others haven't made that point they've failed as leaders.
If black kids keep losing in the classroom they'll keep losing outside of it as adults. In an abstract way, maybe Obama should inspire black kids to dream; more to the point, he should inspire them to do their fucking homework.
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