Cynthia Garett
Member
- Joined
- Aug 15, 2010
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Russian
- Home Country
- Russian Federation
- Current Location
- Russian Federation
Hello,
I would like to know what does "gaming the system" mean here. Is it "playing with the system or gambling with the system"? Thank you.
"By the late ’80s, when I enrolled at Howard, the term “black Republican” was nearly oxymoronic. The handful of students who identified as such were thought to be cynically gaming the system, pursuing the easiest route to public visibility and sacrificing collective advancement on the altar of individual gain."
I would like to know what does "gaming the system" mean here. Is it "playing with the system or gambling with the system"? Thank you.
"By the late ’80s, when I enrolled at Howard, the term “black Republican” was nearly oxymoronic. The handful of students who identified as such were thought to be cynically gaming the system, pursuing the easiest route to public visibility and sacrificing collective advancement on the altar of individual gain."