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In The Meritocracy Myth, we do not suggest that “merit” is a myth. Rather, we argue that meritocracy the idea that societal resources are distributed exclusively or primarily on the basis of individual merit is a myth.
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The subjects are white privilege and the meritocracy myth a.k.a. “pull yourself up by the bootstraps and inequality vanishes as soon as the laces are tied.” ... I’ve written about white privilege and the meritocracy myth before but I feel that I need to add a few more bits of content.
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The real myth in America is the myth of meritocracy - the myth that the poor are just lazy and stupid. Most Americans seem to believe that the poor in America deserve poverty. These people believe the United States is a meritocracy, in which wealth and status is determined by merit.
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Amazon.com: The Meritocracy Myth (9780742510562): Stephen J. McNamee:
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Rebecca Parrish: What is meritocracy? What is the difference between the conventional understanding and the way you are using the term in Meritocracy, Inc.? Lani Guinier: The conventional understanding of meritocracy is that it is a system for awarding or allocating scarce resources to those who most deserve them.
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The Myth of Meritocracy? SAT Preparation College Enrollment Class and Race in the United States* Claudia Buchmann Duke University Vincent J. Roscigno Ohio State University Dennis Condron Emory University Abstract The SAT is arguably the single most important test for American high school students.
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“TRADING ACTION FOR ACCESS”: THE MYTH OF MERITOCRACY AND THE FAILURE; TO REMEDY STRUCTURAL DISCRIMINATION; [S]elective incorporation of individuals [into an organization] disarm[s] the critics by trading action for access.1;
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News and opinion about US politics from a liberal perspective ... Yesterday I wrote about a few issues of mobility and meritocracy, specifically regarding education. The general ideas are similar in a wide variety of areas, though, and one of those areas that doesn't get mentioned much by highly-trafficked blogs is ...
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News and opinion about US politics from a liberal perspective ... And many of them look down on those who start at home plate and fail to hit a home run." Yglesias, relatedly, goes further in addressing the meritocracy myth (and its stepbrother, entitlement) thusly:
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I thought that this article tied well with the individualistic ideas of "Bowling Alone." The idea that Americans are holding tighter to ideas of individualism are more important than thinking of ourselves as members of a community is, I think, ingrained in ideas of meritocracy.
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