....and obviously somebody like degrasse-tyson isn't going to deal with as much discrimination, and if people try it will be at their competitive disadvantage, sure. the free market argument makes some sense in this exceedingly restricted context.

in the context of flipping burgers, answering phones, running cash registers, hitting switches, doing patrols, etc....90+% of the jobs that actually exist...talent isn't any kind of factor in the hiring process, or in the ability to retain employment. human capital, here, is quite honestly just an input variable. so long as there are more unemployed people than there are jobs, employers will remain free to pick and choose based on whatever arbitrary nonsense they'd like.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-discrimination-tax