| 单词 | meritocracy |
| 例句 | Parents with money, education, and connections cultivate in their children the habits that the meritocracy rewards. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The benefits of the new meritocracy do come at a price. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z A nation that believes that everyone should have a fair shake finds itself with a kind of inherited meritocracy. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Theirs was supposed to be a pure meritocracy as well. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Here was a world that was the purest of meritocracies. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z A paradox lies at the heart of this new American meritocracy. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Colleges, Casteen said, present themselves as meritocracies in which academic ability and hard work are always rewarded. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z This was the meritocracy John Casteen described when he greeted the parents of freshmen in a University of Virginia lecture hall in the late summer of 2004. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Progressive politics aims to establish the genuine meritocracy and democracy Jackson delineates with his sports metaphor. My regrettable libertarian romance: I rebounded from my experimental phase, but many don't 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z Maybe the real problem is that USA Gymnastics is something less than a pure meritocracy. Jordyn Wieber shocker: Gymnastics is not a meritocracy 2012-07-30T11:46:00Z It may not be shocking to hear that behind-the-scenes D.C. isn’t a pure meritocracy. A question for Washington pollsters: How wrong must you be to never work again? Hailed as promoting meritocracy, exam schools in fact promote inequity, especially for black and Latino students. Elite public schools that rely on entry exams fail the diversity test 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z Interviews where you have to say you like meritocracy not money. 'If cocaine's everywhere, I missed the memo': Industry as seen by a banker 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z But Gatsby is also unmade by his faith in America's myths and lies: that meritocracy is real, that you can make yourself into whatever you want to be, that with money, anything is possible. What makes The Great Gatsby great? 2013-05-03T18:00:00Z He reminds us that the SAT was viewed, upon its introduction, as a liberal reform — a breakthrough for meritocracy, a way to jettison the old-boy network that fenced out minorities and nonlegacies. Books of The Times: Application Adventure: A Dad?s College Essay 2011-03-03T16:59:43Z In the book, you describe the internal culture as a kind of false meritocracy, where getting ahead depends on one's personal connections. New book about El Sistema paints unflattering portrait 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z And he's in a world that is not a meritocracy, and he has felt that his whole life and I can right there, right there, I understand his motives. Danai Gurira plays "Richard III" for PBS: "This is ancient text running through a contemporary body" 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z Most of this is self-organizing; more effort can sometimes overcome a lack of talent or skill, but overall these are natural meritocracies. Can Ultimate Frisbee go mainstream? 2013-06-12T12:57:00Z Sandel raises important questions about the meaning of “fairness” in our society and the possibility of the so-called meritocracy hardening into an aristocracy. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z A meritocracy seemed like an improvement — in theory. The Cry of the Centrist: In ‘Tailspin,’ Steven Brill Bemoans a Polarized America 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z We might call this a belief in spiritual meritocracy. The dangerous American myth of corporate spirituality 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z American society is classless, a pure meritocracy: this is part of our shared mythology. “Poor people lose”: “Making a Murderer,” reality television and our shared mythology of a classless society 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z But he understood her great limitation: that she represented the nexus between meritocracy and plutocracy, indebted to Big Money and divorced from millions of heartland Americans. A Conservative’s Case Against Donald Trump 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Still, Kovic reinvigorated an ailing country and won the heart of the first lady, so never let it be said that America isn’t a meritocracy. Vote your cast: who is the greatest fictional US president? 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z But with social media, if you’re talented and good at it, it’s more of a meritocracy. Careers of Former Stars Renewed by Social Media 2012-12-26T21:36:33Z He's certainly a very successful product of our meritocracy, but he hasn't really been that transformative figure. Karl Taro Greenfeld on the fiction, grim reality in 'The Subprimes' 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z But you shouldn't believe that British businesses are brutal meritocracies – with the exception of the blood-spattered offices of the Lady, of course. Is nepotism ever acceptable? 2011-04-09T23:05:55Z The term, as coined in 1931 by James Truslow Adams, described an idealistic vision of the United States as a true meritocracy, where opportunity was equally available to all. The Daughter of a Revolutionary Becomes a Wedding Planner. Drama Ensues. 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z Its faculty has also been a factory of books taking differing positions on the merits and demerits of meritocracy and elite education. The Meritocrat Who Wants to Unwind the Meritocracy 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Finally, and tightly related to the ideal of meritocracy, is the notion that academic institutions should be inclusive. What makes the ideal university? Six values that power higher education at its best 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z Episode of the year: Carlos Doesn’t Remember, the story of one scholarship student that interrogates the concept of meritocracy in the American education system. The 50 best podcasts of 2016 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Interestingly, Alicia, arguing for a pure meritocracy in the prosecutors’ office, was to the right of Prady, whose arguments about inherent racism and diversity in hiring were cast as formulaically liberal. 'The Good Wife' Recap: Never Mind Law, It's Politics! 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z Writing for Salon, gender and African studies expert Brittney Cooper said Damon’s statements “reflect a troubling belief in the myth of meritocracy … and in notions of racial colorblindness.” Effie T Brown on Matt Damon: diversity comments make sense in his mind 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z As a result, I never quite bought the idea of meritocracy. Why I can still be best friends with someone whose politics I despise 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z So, in a way, there is a twisted form of meritocracy in America. "Succession," Trump, and the end of the American myth of meritocracy 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z It’s also one coming from someone with two Yale degrees, an Oxford doctorate and a tenured job-for-life inside one of the meritocracy’s most rarefied bastions. The Meritocrat Who Wants to Unwind the Meritocracy 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Mr Roberts, who is an ardent fan, portrays him as an Enlightenment figure whom many saw as the embodiment of progress and meritocracy. Flawed sparkler 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z “I’m much more comfortable in a meritocracy and in reward for good work as opposed to a political environment, where I feel like all of that can be confused.” Desir?e Rogers, Post Crash 2010-10-01T21:16:00Z Yet confronting the fact that game is rigged and that meritocracy doesn't exist seems to some ears shockingly unpatriotic. Don't sweat, Ivy Leaguers: Elizabeth Warren's college plan can't hurt you 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z “I’m an immigrants’ kid, and I’m a huge fan of meritocracy,” she said. The Meritocrat Who Wants to Unwind the Meritocracy 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z It’s a narrative revision of the more American notion of meritocracy: the idea that hard work and white knuckle stick-to-itiveness will invariable be rewarded. “Logan” proves Wolverine is the comics’ most Canadian superhero — and not in the way you think 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z While the adults of Crystal dream of meritocracy, their kids bear the burden. How a Novel Can Unmake the Myth of Meritocracy 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z But this animus was indivisible from the "rodent slowly stirring" in his "viscera" – his instinctive affinity for Thatcherite meritocracy, and the macho bluster with which he reacted whenever he felt his patria was threatened. The Orwell prize gets Hitched 2012-05-28T09:34:25Z Besides reminding us that show business, no matter what anybody says, is no meritocracy, these figures are fun to gossip and argue about. Catch Charlie Barnett and Other Rising Stand-Up Stars Who Never Hit the Top 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z But what would be sweeter is if they won a Grammy now, to affirm that sometimes life is a meritocracy. Who should get the folk Grammy ? Fleet Foxes or Eddie Vedder? 2012-02-10T12:42:08Z Believing in meritocracy, she thought she could power through any inequity by working twice as hard. Leaning In? Won’t Help if Guys Are Leering, Writes Ellen Pao 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z His bill, the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, ended up creating the modern federal workforce — professionalizing it and making it into a meritocracy. Drain the swamp? Not if this guy can help it. 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z "Succession" is the perfect show for the era of Donald Trump, because it's a show exposing the lie that is the myth of the American meritocracy. "Succession," Trump, and the end of the American myth of meritocracy 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z HQ is a little app that channels big feelings about the fundamental lie of the meritocracy. How HQ Trivia Became the Best Worst Thing on the Internet 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z I find it very hard to see it as anything but one very small counterattack against the much larger “real-world” p.c. culture where you’re not allowed to say anything against “meritocracy.” So, college “p.c. culture” stifles comedy? Ever hear a comedian sh*t on the American Dream at a Wal-Mart shareholders meeting? 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z The genius of the attack is that it is violence masquerading as a quest for meritocracy. Trust Me on This: “Abbey Road” 2012-06-08T00:00:00Z Of course, one of the things that makes sports in general, and football in particular, so alluring is the notion that it’s a color-blind meritocracy. College football’s plantation problem: The violent game — and billion-dollar industry — where black kids take all the risk for none of the profit 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z “Self-made billionaires tend to believe that life is a meritocracy and that they’ve become rich because they’re superior to everyone else,” wrote James. Billionaires in space: The launch of a dream or just out-of-this-world ego? 2021-07-18T04:00:00Z “We became a meritocracy, with the French no longer considered superior.” The wine tasting that shocked the world — and forever changed what we drink 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z It's not that Vick's current work for the Humane Society means that he somehow deserves endorsement deals -- it's that it's flawed logic to assume there's a meritocracy of athletic overcompensation to begin with. Why is Michael Vick shilling for Nike? 2011-07-06T00:30:00Z The myth of meritocracy massages the beneficiaries of our economic disorder into a state of self-confidence and complacency. My regrettable libertarian romance: I rebounded from my experimental phase, but many don't 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z This sense of persecution still persists today: Achebe believes that Igbo people are the engine of Nigeria's advancement, stifled by a corrupt elite that prefers power and mediocrity to meritocracy. There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra by Chinua Achebe - review 2012-10-05T21:55:01Z Apter is a kind of avatar of meritocracy. Heard the One About the Hole That Swallowed Part of Chicago? 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z And yes, that is a big way I understood the guy, because I'm in a world that is not a meritocracy. Danai Gurira plays "Richard III" for PBS: "This is ancient text running through a contemporary body" 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z “The great thing about stand-up is it’s such a meritocracy that if you are good, and if you are funny, boom, you get the respect and you’re good to go,” Yang said. Jimmy O. Yang’s Week: Watching Rom-Coms as ‘Homework’ 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Do you think the comedy world is a meritocracy? Mike Birbiglia Wants to Trick You, Then Make You Cry 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Deftly, the film shifts focus from Raducan’s disqualification to the entrenched injustices of Olympic sports, with their outsized pressures and brittle illusions of meritocracy. ‘The Golden Girl’ Review: A Lose-Lose Proposition 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z “Millionaire,” though, is a game show that treats intellect and knowledge like a meritocracy. Game show “Paid Off” targets the student loan crisis: A subversive warning about a looming em... 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z Noland was prescient in the ’90s, translating cool ’60s minimalism into dark, politicized critiques of power and violence, and showing how these phenomena are shrouded in myths championing patriotism, social mobility and meritocracy. Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z Selingo challenges the facade of meritocracy in his absorbing examination of America’s obsession with getting into college. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z They promised her a meritocracy and gave her a glass ceiling instead: “It just wasn’t fair.” The Education of Ellen Pao 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z I agree that the I-phone generation or luggage cart central is semi-comatose and that our so-called meritocracy is mediocre and awesome. Rex Reed Bangs a Gong on the Mediocrity of Modern Life 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z It is in the last two ideals, meritocracy and inclusion, that institutions of higher education—despite their clear intention to live up to all of the ideals—too often fall short. What makes the ideal university? Six values that power higher education at its best 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z The famous are ambassadors of the meritocracy; they represent the American pursuit of wealth through talent, charm and hard work. Celebrity Culture Is Burning 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z “It was all about merit,” he said, chortling bitterly, “as if Yale was a meritocracy.” Up Close: A Profile of Austin Ratner — Up Close 2013-05-15T20:41:19Z In the myth of artistic meritocracy, a day job is the mark of failure. Why Is a Day Job Seen as the Mark of an Artist’s Failure? 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z Nor does he spare his own liberal class, the “meritocracy” of the best educated and better off, which he fingers ever so gently as deepening the divide between urban and rural, elites and “deplorables.” Fareed Zakaria Looks at Life After the Pandemic 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z I realize politics is not always grounded in a meritocracy, but I do believe that I deserved a second term. Just Asking: Mayor Gray on why he deserved a second term 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Film isn’t a meritocracy; there’s no system ensuring the best screenplays get produced. 'It's a hustle': Jon Ronson on how he made it into movies with the help of Okja the giant pig 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z The point is to recognize a meritocracy in things of value, regardless of their low points of origin, current trendiness or future invisibility. | Isabel Marant: At Isabel Marant, What?s in a Label? 2010-04-20T22:26:00Z And that means we cannot dismiss the associated implications about the end of the meritocracy, and our own complicity — or what Ivan Bart, president of IMG Models, calls “obsession” — therein. Fashion’s Rising Stars: Chips Off the Celebrity Block 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z “They would have said it was an open democracy, but it was pretty much a meritocracy, plus who shouted the loudest,” says Power. Giant condoms and buckets of fake blood: the true story of Aids activists Act Up 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Journalists and public officials regularly talk about sports as the embodiment of a meritocracy and a reflection of the power of the individual to overcome any biases or challenges. Serena Williams forced journalists to get out of the "toy box" and cover tennis as more than a game 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z What Eng and Han suggest is that this cycle of unhappiness, attributed to a “pathologized Asian culture,” is the product, rather, of the false promise of meritocracy. The Stories We Tell, and Don’t Tell, About Asian-American Lives 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z Instead, my peers offered evidence of hard work, their words buoyed by blind faith in meritocracy. A Separate and Unequal System of College Admissions 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z In this, Bee is not just challenging the male gaze but rejecting the myth of the writers room meritocracy that for so long privileged the few. How did Sam Bee’s “Full Frontal” find its brilliant voice? By amplifying the unheard 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z As we witness both the documentary’s subjects — and its director — navigate a shocking development in real time, a quietly probing film emerges that pierces the myth of American meritocracy. ‘Accepted’ Review: Reaching for the Stars, Seeing Them Dissolve 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Named Charlie Luther Mason — the “Luther,” naturally, for Martin Luther King — he is by upbringing if not by temperament a believer in the amicable coexistence of meritocracy and diversity. Review: Skewering White Pieties About Diversity in ‘Admissions’ 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z What measure of meritocracy remains in Iran's version of crony capitalism favours them. A Separation can't be divorced from Iranian politics 2011-07-05T12:13:51Z While this idea valorizes the long, competitive path orchestral musicians travel, it is a myth of meritocracy. Musicians on How to Bring Racial Equity to Auditions 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z In his authoritative biography of Henry Aaron, Howard Bryant wrote: “Hitting, it could be argued, represented the first meritocracy in Henry’s life.” In a New Dystopian Novel, the Country is AutoAmerica, but Baseball Is Still Its Pastime 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z “People think the canon is a product of some really impartial meritocracy,” Ms. Curtis said. Amy Beach, a Pioneering American Composer, Turns 150 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z But also, the general worldview that is more popular among the right says that America is a well-functioning meritocracy in which everybody earns what they get and their rewards are just. It’s the wealth gap, stupid: Inequality drives “economic anxiety” — both real and perceived 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z Part of the fantasy is that games are places of meritocracy. In Fantasy Life and Other Games, Jobs and To-Do Lists 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z It feels like the perfect platform because it’s literally built on being authentic and it’s as close to a meritocracy as you can get in the entertainment business. What Amanda Seales knows: On comedy, authenticity and success on her own terms 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z That not all parents want their children knowing the inconvenient truth about our country’s racist founding, for fear it pierces the mythology of America as a meritocracy. Worried about racism’s impact on her biracial son, a mother looks at home schooling 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z But the school refused to adopt such inclusive measures, not because it was committed to meritocracy—policies such as “legacy preferences” proved otherwise—but because exclusivity was its central objective. Clarence Thomas’s Radical Vision of Race 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Chefs often talk about the kitchen as a model of meritocracy: Work hard, they say, and you’ll rise to the top. A New Door Into the Kitchen for Aspiring Chefs 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z It’s an utterly absorbing, utterly enlightening, utterly important book about classism in American higher education and the myth of meritocracy. How Libraries Saved Cheryl Strayed 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Another concept that’s difficult for many white folks, and others, is the myth of meritocracy. Professor targeted by right for teaching course on “white racism”: “These folks are delusio... 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Jackson also explained that a meritocracy is authentic and legitimate only if the “playing field is even, rules are public, goals are clear, referees are fair, and score is transparent.” My regrettable libertarian romance: I rebounded from my experimental phase, but many don't 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z There’s no meritocracy that benefits incisive songwriting, textured singing, bold attitude — not in Nashville or anywhere else. Luke Combs and Miranda Lambert, Both Bound by Country’s Gendered Rule Book 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z Fast-forward 100 years and the current political fetish for social mobility and meritocracy is clearly motivated by a similar societal yearning for “legitimate fortune”. The class pay gap: why it pays to be privileged 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z He’s soothing and relaxed as he questions the wisdom of markets, or our faith in meritocracy. Andrew Yang and the Political Narratives of Asian-Americans 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z He is also a symbol of American meritocracy in a sport long associated with privilege. The TV Watch: Vulnerability in a Disciplined Performance 2010-02-20T02:50:00Z It was a rare meritocracy that allowed me to work my way toward my absolute dream job as a sex writer. From negging with a pick-up artist to leather hounds: A sex writer’s greatest hits 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z We want to pretend that the country is egalitarian, that it’s a meritocracy, that everybody has the same opportunities, and it’s just not true. ‘Shameless’ Showrunner Says Goodbye to the Gallaghers 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z If that person turned up, would she even be recognizable in the context of our meritocracy right now? Karl Taro Greenfeld on the fiction, grim reality in 'The Subprimes' 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z I have always anxiously participated in the implicit—and sometimes explicit—competitions of the so-called meritocracy, which seem to be everywhere, in everything, without end. Seven Turning Points from the Year in Sports 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z It’s the stories we tell ourselves about achievement and meritocracy, the integrity of hallowed statistical feats, even the puritanical attitude toward performance-enhancing drugs. The Political Athlete: Then and Now 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z “It took me a long time because I so wanted to believe in a meritocracy.” That Obscure, Unattainable Object of Desire: Your Own Art 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z In his estimation, they are the result of the broken promise of supposed neoliberal meritocracy. Forget "The Stand" – "Alice in Borderland" is the wild dystopian ride we've been waiting for 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z The fact that Chad Deity is meant to be a bad wrestler just adds to the cruelty of the system: This is no meritocracy. From a Wrestling Ring to Tiny Boxes: How ‘Chad Deity’ Went Zoom 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z The multiracial, multi-ethnic commentariat effortlessly reinforces the meritocracy that lies at the heart of sports. This Life: Dominating the Man Cave 2011-02-03T23:49:36Z “Like many others, we are learning that simply adhering to a strict non-discrimination policy and belief in the meritocracy of our examinations isn’t enough,” he wrote. The Court of Master Sommeliers has been called out for racism. Now, it is pledging change. 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z The show begins as a meditation on inequality but becomes an interrogation of the very meaning of a meritocracy, that metric most vaunted in the modern capitalist world. A Brazilian Thriller That Exposes the Sinister Side of Meritocracy 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z We witnessed the unfolding of a very public criminal scandal that revealed how easily admissions can be bought, and the sham idea of meritocracy. Why I'm OK with my kids "falling behind" in school during the pandemic 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z Business isn’t a meritocracy, and inferior tech doesn’t necessarily fail. 'Silicon Valley' Recap: Ethics Are for Losers 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z But are the Academy Awards a colour-blind meritocracy? Pam Grier's Jackie Brown snub proves Oscars have always been #SoWhite 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z It’s such an American concept, this idea of the meritocracy. What would Kim Wexler wear? Rhea Seehorn on her iconic ponytail, Marshall’s separates and class 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z Newman: With regard to our shows, we had 13 writers — three women, 10 men — and it was a meritocracy. Original ‘SNL’ player’s memoir looks back in fondness, humor 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z Johnson: Our job is to challenge uncritically examined beliefs and values in, for instance, meritocracy, access to voting, and gender. "Blacks and Jews" authors on Chappelle, Kanye caught in the "face of Black antisemitism" loop 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z In the latest iteration of this, as expressed by Theresa May soon after she became prime minister, Britain must become “the world’s great meritocracy”; this is the primary means to address society’s “burning injustices”. The class pay gap: why it pays to be privileged 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z That world has been displaced by a meritocracy, which brings its own discontents. | 'Another Year': Injustice, British and Otherwise 2010-12-28T18:18:34Z “Because the Star Fleet is supposed to be a meritocracy,” Takei says. George Takei is giving 70 years of his belongings to a museum. Here he gives a sneak peek 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z She won the heart of the new Emperor Gaozong, dispatched rivals using fleet-footed assassins, but importantly built a following among the common people though wise governance and meritocracy. Better Than Elizabeth Taylor? Meet Liu Xiaoqing 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z Some people might see that as a threat to meritocracy. Hollywood on the Brink 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z “We are products of the French meritocracy,” Marie NDiaye, who renders her last name differently than her brother, said in an interview, noting that they grew up in predominantly white social circles. In a Palace of Colonialism, a ‘Quiet Revolutionary’ Takes Charge 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z In the South, even at Holy Cross, Thomas thought that he could force his way into the meritocracy by the power of his intelligence and will. Clarence Thomas’s Radical Vision of Race 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z In “Who Gets In and Why,” Selingo challenges the facade of that meritocracy. A Separate and Unequal System of College Admissions 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z Show business is usually a meritocracy, but nobody ever said it was fair, let alone honorable. Comedy Review: Conan O?Brien?s ?Legally Prohibited? Tour Hits New York 2010-06-02T22:16:00Z For, by the 1980s, the northern working classes, briefly incorporated into the Swinging Sixties meritocracy, had returned to the margins of British culture. Tony Harrison's poem V is a timeless portrayal of working-class aspiration 2013-02-18T08:00:31Z “We prefer the myth of meritocracy to an arbitrary rule of exclusion.” ‘The Gilded Age’ Finally Arrives on HBO 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z The company dealt with "world class assets" but was like a "mom and pop" business, he said, adding that it operated as a "meritocracy". Donald Trump Jr praises 'genius' father in New York fraud trial 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z One reason is that in many Western countries, teachers’ thinking is often influenced by meritocracy, the idea that students’ achievements are reflections of their own merit. Children Face Unequal Treatment in the Classroom—With Devastating Consequences 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z It added: "A nepo baby is physical proof that meritocracy is a lie. We love them, we hate them, we disrespect them, we're obsessed with them." Gwyneth Paltrow says nepo baby label is an 'ugly moniker' 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z To those concerned with social inequity, “the elite” symbolize a flawed meritocracy. Do ‘elites’ really know best? | Pamela Paul 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Instead, what exists is a system of meritocracy: The United States is the shining city on the hill and the greatest country that's ever existed. The PragerU goal: "Indoctrinate kids at a young age into a far-right belief system" 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z That speaks to the meritocracy in golf, and that’s not going away. Column: New PGA Tour model caters to big performances, not just big names 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z In response, societies need to address the entrenched issues—such as the belief in meritocracy—that pervade our educational system. Children Face Unequal Treatment in the Classroom—With Devastating Consequences 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z He became a regular commentator on Fox News and other conservative outlets, backing capitalism and meritocracy, and criticizing affirmative action, mask mandates and open borders. Vivek Ramaswamy’s Hindu faith is front and center in his GOP presidential campaign 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z The most important of those systems is the modern meritocracy. What if anti-Trumpers are the bad guys? | David Brooks 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z “Supporters of racial affirmative action liked that they could point to legacies as evidence that college admissions was not about meritocracy,” he said in an email. Affirmative Action Ruling Shakes Universities Over More Than Race 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Kelly’s meritocracy sounds like a sound plan, if it can withstand some significant headwinds. Chip Kelly says he won't be blinded by stars in picking UCLA's next quarterback 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Michael Sandel, a Harvard political theorist, wrote a book that assailed meritocracy, “The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good?” What to Know About College Admissions Now That Affirmative Action Is Gone 2023-07-08T04:00:00Z Privileges of access abound for the wealthy; now, in the name of a phony meritocracy, these opportunities are shrinking for black and brown Americans. SCOTUS will not have the last laugh 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z The meritocracy isn’t only a system of exclusion; it’s an ethos. What if anti-Trumpers are the bad guys? | David Brooks 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z No amount of DA talk about competence and meritocracy can mask the fact that South Africa is not a society that has left the trauma and systemic inequality of apartheid behind. Load-shedding could switch South Africans off the ANC 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z “A lot needs to be done to challenge the idea of meritocracy, the idea of hyper-competition and making sure to prioritize, at the end of the day, a student as a whole person,” she said. The end of affirmative action won't change much for them, some Asian Americans say 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Or that the practice would become a lightning rod for decades-long debates about racial justice, meritocracy and educational inequities. Affirmative Action, From Those Who Lived It 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z The Harvard and Yale graduate argues the country is in the midst of a national identity crisis driven by a decline in faith, patriotism and meritocracy. US presidential election 2024: Trump's top Republican challengers 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z It also turned the officer corps into a true meritocracy: now, a capable soldier could rise to command regardless of his social background. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z China came close to industrializing and creating a Confucian meritocracy. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Leguizamo said until then he had been idealistic and believed in American meritocracy. John Leguizamo: It took a Latino exec to greenlight his new series on Latino culture 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z “The Ten Percent Thief” slyly suggests that what we call “meritocracy” might just be conformity and status games. Review | Four new provocative science fiction visions of the future 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z He added that Ramaswamy was promoting a “message of meritocracy and freedom of speech that the founding fathers wanted.” He wrote the book on crushing ‘wokeism.’ Now he’s running for president. 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z For people of a lower class, it feels like there is desire to believe a meritocracy does exist. "Pull yourself up by your bootstraps:" How a joke about bootstraps devolved into an American credo 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z In “The Tyranny of Merit,” Harvard political philosophy professor Michael Sandel argued that the myth of American meritocracy and what he terms “credentialism” have been proved false, and that they’re unfair to boot. Column: Suddenly, 'I flunked algebra' is a ticket to success 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z He argues his fellow Republicans should not just criticize wokeism but also offer an affirmative vision, which for him hinges in part on meritocracy — meritocracy in ideas, meritocracy in government, meritocracy in immigration. Republicans use ‘wokeism’ to attack left — but struggle to define it 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z She said awards season campaigning has long been “acerbically exclusive” and that she’s “been working toward discovering” measures that “best encourage meritocracy.” Andrea Riseborough says the uproar over surprise Oscar nom 'has deeply impacted me' 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z She continued: "Awards campaigning is as acerbically exclusive as it has always been. I do not yet know which measures will best encourage meritocracy. I've been working toward discovering them and will continue to." Oscars 2023: Andrea Riseborough 'deeply impacted' by nomination row 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z “We don’t really live in a meritocracy,” he said. The Road to a Supreme Court Clerkship Starts at Three Ivy League Colleges 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z The United States is supposed to be a meritocracy. Column: Suddenly, 'I flunked algebra' is a ticket to success 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z However, they are rich in a peculiarly modern way: in the context of a meritocracy where elites are supposed to re-earn their position anew each day. Opinion | The $400K conundrum: Why America’s urban rich don’t feel that way 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z In a statement this month, Mr. Mills, a member of the Armed Services and Foreign Affairs committees, encouraged fellow Republicans to “disavow woke ideologies plaguing our military and get back to our armed meritocracy.” Congressman Sends Inert Grenades to Colleagues at House Offices 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z Black conservatives also elevate themselves as exemplars of "hard work" and as "proof" that America is a meritocracy where anything is possible — "if you just stop worrying" about racism. The limited usefulness of Black conservatives 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z The one thing it wouldn’t mean is meritocracy. Affirmative action: Fairness or advantages? 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z I also find it ironic that Mr. Will, who has strenuously argued in favor of “meritocracy,” would use as his cause celebre this incident that failed to recognize academic “runner-up” status. Opinion | The National Merit imbroglio is much ado about second place 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z The illusion of the meritocracy, the illusion of American exceptionalism, I think those things are falling apart. "The apocalyptic mindset is Republican orthodoxy at this point:" How paranoia consumed the GOP 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z The antonym of “equity,” in progressives’ definition of this as a standard of justice, is “merit”: The opposite of an equitable society is a meritocracy. Opinion | In some Virginia schools, ‘equity’ seems to mean hiding achievement 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z This makes no sense to Americans for whom the value of meritocracy is deeply ingrained. Why Americans seem more pro-Harry than Brits 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z In a meritocracy, students who pay for SAT preparation, college essay assistance and “GPA management” might have to do these things on their own. Affirmative action: Fairness or advantages? 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z One of his lawyers, Roy Black, said the verdict showed that the jury had agreed with his argument that college admissions was not a pure meritocracy. Rick Singer, Mastermind of Varsity Blues Scandal, Is Sentenced to 3½ Years in Prison 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z When I came up in Congress, it was a meritocracy, and the tools of measurement were policy and persuasion. Paul Ryan on the GOP’s future: ‘We lose with Trump’ 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z The infatuation with our richest capitalists is related to, but in many ways goes even beyond, the illusion that the U.S. is a meritocracy. Is America's infatuation with billionaires finally coming to an end? 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z One is we have to start changing the narrative about meritocracy and what these schools actually are. "Poison Ivy" author Evan Mandery: "Elite colleges are harmful to society" 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Musk’s transparency, said Mallory, could lure in a “part of the talent pool that can find success in stressful environments” and seek a meritocracy where performance is rewarded the most. Elon Musk attempts 'hardcore' culture reset at Twitter. Will employees buy in? 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z The myth of the American meritocracy is a stubborn one. Elon Musk's epic bumbling is a daily reminder that America is not a meritocracy 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, from the perspective of the university’s self-interest, racial diversity promised to be a legitimizing force for meritocracy. How diversity undermined affirmative action 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z How can affirmative action be made consistent with true meritocracy? Opinion | Affirmative action in college admissions doesn’t work — but it could 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z A: It doesn’t have to be either inclusion or meritocracy. Chief of Department of Energy’s science wing envisions it an as engine of change 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z “Rishi Sunak reaching 10 Downing Street does not make Britain a perfect meritocracy. While there is more to do, this is a hopeful sign of progress against the prejudices of the past.” UK gets first PM of color, but equality fight far from over 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z One can only hope the daily updates on Musk's antics will put some dent into the American myth of meritocracy. Elon Musk's epic bumbling is a daily reminder that America is not a meritocracy 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z Observers say the line-up shows that loyalty to Mr Xi trumps ability and experience, flying in the face of the Communist Party's credo that it is a meritocracy. China congress: Xi cements power by packing top team with loyalists 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z My hope is that it will still leave room for data-driven approaches to affirmative action that ensure real meritocracy. Opinion | Affirmative action in college admissions doesn’t work — but it could 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z With profane candor, former Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians slices through the delusion of coaching meritocracy. Perspective | Voices for change Dr. Petersen had found the memo and other documents, including admission files with the word “Jews” written across them, in the university’s archives while researching a book he is writing about the history of meritocracy. Stanford Apologizes for Limiting Jewish Admissions in the 1950s 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z “The NBA feels very strongly that this should be a meritocracy. And this is exactly what a true meritocracy looks like.” NBA adds 4 new full-time referees, including 2 more women 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z When paying for an elite private school gets you into an elite college, how dare we call American education a meritocracy? A choice between two heavyweights 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z Those decisions combined with a tradition of inheritance and nepotism to create a caste system that still plagues progress 101 years after Pollard provided a model for equality and meritocracy. Perspective | A legacy of exclusion But no matter how much or how well we work, we know there is no such thing as a perfect meritocracy in a country built on inequality and stolen labor. This Labor Day, give ‘hustle culture’ the boot 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z It's a reflection of how our society has turned education into a demolition derby, using the veneer of meritocracy to lift up education as a positional good. "We, as a nation, failed our kids": The gruesome educational consequences of the pandemic 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z Their support of meritocracy further underscores a belief that the individual has the power to change, to direct their own life, and to determine their own path. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z As Franklin pointed out that such privilege is connected to the lack of diversity in the industry — and makes it the opposite of a meritocracy — the tweets took off across the internet. Hollywood ‘nepo babies’ know what you think of them. They have some thoughts. 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z They described the country as a meritocracy, in which hard work, self-reliance and education could reliably deliver the American Dream. Opinion | What might help Democrats’ prospects? A focus on workers’ dignity. 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z What makes tournament golf compelling is that it’s a meritocracy posed against nature’s inherent caprices. Perspective | Golf at St. Andrews is real, which is why it has no room for Greg Norman 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z “She described socialism as being more equal, with wages sort of same for everyone and less choice in consumer goods, but you all get treated evenly, with no meritocracy,” Soto-Martinez said. Column: The new left rattled the old left in L.A.'s primary. Will November seal the deal? 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z "It is all about meritocracy and performance - we need to get the best talent where they are." Alpine want to 'debunk myths' around women in F1 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Their imaginary visions of democracy, human rights and meritocracy are entirely in the service of justifying the current form of capitalism, which is trending toward eradicating life on the planet. Charlottesville, COVID, Trump and free speech: How white supremacy entered the mainstream 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z Those who succeed in a meritocracy are prone to hubris. Opinion | What might help Democrats’ prospects? A focus on workers’ dignity. 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z Rayan Semery-Palumbo, who is finishing a dissertation on inequality and meritocracy while working for a climate technology start-up, lamented that workers had too little leverage. Why a Rhodes Scholar’s Ambition Led Her to a Job at Starbucks 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z Asked if he believes in running companies as a “meritocracy,” Musk responded: “If someone is getting stuff done, great, I love them. If they’re not, why are they at the company?” SpaceX fires workers who criticized Elon Musk in open letter 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z On layoffs, Musk said he believed in running companies as a “meritocracy,” saying: “If someone is getting stuff done, great, I love them. If they’re not, why are they at the company?” Elon Musk tells Twitter staff harassment will drive people from service 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z If basketball was a meritocracy, in which the better team always reaped the rewards, then the Celtics would take Game 5 and a 3-2 series lead Monday night. Perspective | The Celtics should be on their way to the title. But … Stephen Curry. 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z Anne-Marie Idrac, a former transportation and commerce minister who has known Ms. Borne since the 1990s, said that she was “very representative of French meritocracy.” France’s New Prime Minister Overcame Tragedy in Her Youth 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Ms. Borne, who studied at the prestigious École Polytechnique and worked in several top companies and political institutions, is a typical product of France’s elitist meritocracy. Taking Aim at Left-Leaning Voters, Macron Names a Woman Prime Minister 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z Instead, he and his colleagues call for a model meritocracy, prioritizing, at times, results from models known to have more realistic warming rates. Use of ‘too hot’ climate models exaggerates impacts of global warming 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z Our success is used to confirm the belief that this country is a meritocracy. What we got wrong about Black and Korean communities after the L.A. riots 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z Combining the two authors' readings, toxic positivity is a myth of mental meritocracy that says we can experience perpetual happiness if only we work hard enough to toe the line. The problem with positive psychology: When the pursuit of happiness regresses into toxic positivity 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z It also bars the notion that meritocracy is racist, or that discrimination is acceptable to achieve diversity. Florida Gov. DeSantis signs bill to limit discussion of race 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z DeSantis signed a bill Friday that bars instruction that makes members of a race feel guilty for past actions committed by people of that same race, and bars teaching that meritocracy is racist. Florida says math textbooks taught critical race theory 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Tech leaders still largely believe their companies are meritocracies in which hard work is rewarded with generous salaries and stock options. Worker-led win at Amazon warehouse could provide new labor playbook 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z They do this not to make me feel better, but to make themselves feel better, to ensure that their idea of America as a non-racist meritocracy stays unassailable in their minds. Opinion | Why I don’t complain about racism to White people 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Prior said in a text Friday that Balow’s actions mark “an excellent step in … returning Virginia’s education system to one that increases opportunities for all students, without eliminating meritocracy and competition.” Virginia Education Department rescinds diversity, equity programs in response to Youngkin’s order 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Such figures would reflect a meritocracy only in the mind of a white supremacist who is convinced of the superiority of white coaches. Column: You got it wrong, NFL. Hiring issues are about meritocracy not diversity 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z The only true cause for concern, according to Mallaby, is that venture capitalists seem to prefer to finance White men and that the Valley is too often a “mirror-tocracy” rather than a “meritocracy.” Review | A more sympathetic perspective on Silicon Valley’s venture capitalists 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z He forbids “advancing any ideas” treating seven vague concepts that include: superiority, proclivity, discrimination, grouping, moral character, responsibility or meritocracy, and traits. Opinion | It’s crucial to document enslavers in Congress 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z In our national mythology, class doesn’t matter, but in practice, our widely held belief in the myth of meritocracy reinforces inequality. Opinion | A Defense of Jeremy Strong (and All the Strivers With No Chill) 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z This same measurement problem plagues our attempt to assess the worth of economic actors in our supposed meritocracy, the pursuit of which was best expressed in 2011 by then-presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Why we can't have a "meritocracy": We have no idea how to measure worth 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z Previous days of the calendar were similarly progressive, including offering white privilege checklists, lessons on the gender spectrum and the "microaggressions" of meritocracy. MI school district suggests joining BLM protests, warns calling US 'land of opportunity' is 'microaggression' 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z “When you are choosing players in almost any sport at any level, it is almost always a meritocracy,” Tomlin said. Perspective | ‘Raise a Fist, Take a Knee’ excerpt: Race and the illusion of progress 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z I just simply believe that when people get credit for their work, they get opportunity, and it’s the best thing for creative meritocracy. Adobe’s Scott Belsky on how NFTs will change creativity 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z Agency is not being eliminated; it is being reconfigured in the image of an instrumental rationality, a market-driven model that conceals its own aggression in the name of choice, meritocracy and individual interests. How higher education can win the war against neoliberalism and white supremacy 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z Like so many of her generation who witnessed America’s industrial decline through family experiences, Raimondo labored to be part of the meritocracy. Commerce head out to save US jobs, 1 computer chip at a time 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z What Grassley did, perhaps unintentionally, was give credence to the myth that meritocracy triumphs over built-in biases. Perspective | Grassley should retire his prejudice about the model minority 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z The event was also hosted by Fight for Schools, a nonpartisan political action committee that helps elect political candidates who “support equal opportunity, tolerance, meritocracy, and achievement.” ‘America is watching Loudoun County’ Virginia’s hotbed of parental activism weighs in on governor’s 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z Second, the model minority candidate takes their own personal success or wealth as proof that America is a meritocracy. Column: Larry Elder and the danger of the 'model minority' candidate 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z Regarding George F. Will’s Aug. 8 op-ed, “Rejecting meritocracy is thoroughly un-American”: Opinion | Work for the non-privileged class is different 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z She is spot on in describing American medicine’s “devotion to elitism masked by meritocracy” and delineates how structural racism is embedded in medicine’s history. Review | Brand-new doctors, enlisted to battle the pandemic 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z In his June 27 op-ed, “A prescription for mediocrity,” George F. Will posited a false dichotomy between meritocracy and mediocrity. Opinion | A country that represses people can’t claim ‘meritocracy’ 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z With America facing a future of intensifying commercial and military competitions of increasing sophistication, it is reckless to advocate retreat from meritocracy toward, inevitably, government-engineered mediocrity. Opinion | Attacking ‘merit’ in the name of ‘equity’ is a prescription for mediocrity 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z “At the end of the day, tennis is very much a meritocracy, and you should definitely get the reward for the matches and the tournaments you’ve played before.” Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams Have Promising Paths at Wimbledon 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z In her June 6 Local Opinions essay, “Calling foul on the Alexandria Little League,” Mary Vought called sports the purest meritocracy, in which results are determined based on talents, not race or class. Opinion | Access to youth sports is as important as talent 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z Older Asian immigrants and Asian Americans often believe in an idealized meritocracy and see their hard work and struggles as a pathway to success, Okazaki said. Asian Americans protest homeless housing near upscale Arcadia, sparking suburban battle 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z But the opposite of a meritocracy is a society of inequity. Opinion | A country that represses people can’t claim ‘meritocracy’ 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z Necessarily, then, the antonym of “equity” as a social standard of justice is “merit,” in this sense: The opposite of an equitable society is a meritocracy. Opinion | Attacking ‘merit’ in the name of ‘equity’ is a prescription for mediocrity 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z We raise each other up through networking — in the hope that embracing global capitalism, the idea of meritocracy and corporate culture will make us belong in the United States. Opinion | The Beautiful, Flawed Fiction of ‘Asian American’ 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z That same glossary discusses “equality” and “meritocracy” in a skeptical light, asking “whether equality is enough and whether equity is a more important principle.” Opinion | Calling foul on the Alexandria Little League’s seminar on race 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z Colorado became the first state in the nation to ban legacy admissions for public colleges this week, a move that Gov. Jared Polis said will create more of a meritocracy in higher education. Colorado becomes first state to ban legacy admissions for public colleges 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z George F. Will began his argument on the value of a meritocracy vs. an equitable society based on a false premise: that the opposite of an equitable society is a meritocracy. Opinion | A country that represses people can’t claim ‘meritocracy’ 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z Second, he failed to foresee how a philosophy of “self-management” might create a culture of privilege disguised as meritocracy. Review: How a California acid trip made Michel Foucault a neoliberal 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z The meritocracy at this level is very competitive. How wokeness ends 2021-05-16T04:00:00Z But sports exist as perhaps the purest form of meritocracy, one that determines results based on one’s talents and preparation, rather than one’s race, class or background. Opinion | Calling foul on the Alexandria Little League’s seminar on race 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z It criticizes the concept of treating everyone equally and, like previously reported materials, it disparages the idea of meritocracy. American Medical Association criticizes 'equality as a process' and 'myth of meritocracy' in new equity plan 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z It goes against the ideal of golf being the ultimate meritocracy. Column: It's hard to keep score when paying for popularity 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z Speaking to Los Angeles magazine in 2003, he called the city “a meritocracy.” With Eli Broad's era past, L.A. needs fewer kingmakers and more inclusive, diverse civic builders 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z “Los Angeles is a meritocracy,” Broad told Los Angeles magazine in 2003. Eli Broad, billionaire who poured wealth into reshaping L.A., dies at 87 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z How different America would be if agriculture were that ultimate meritocracy, rewarding those who master the science of soil, plants and the environment. Review: A book celebrating Black American farming history 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z "The last vestige of the pro-American meritocracy still standing was the U.S. military," she continued. Fox News host suggests Michelle Obama is responsible for identity politics infiltrating the military 2021-04-03T04:00:00Z On HBO’s “Real Time,” the host pointed to the Grammy Awards as the perfect example of the meritocracy that many woke liberals are trying to destroy. Bill Maher defends ‘meritocracy,’ blasts ‘famous-for-nothing culture’ 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z Newman: With regard to our shows, we had 13 writers - three women, 10 men - and it was a meritocracy. Original ‘SNL’ player’s memoir looks back in fondness, humor 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z "It’s going to be a meritocracy always, and he gets it," Maddon said. Pujols says he'll decide future after season with Angels 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z “It’s going to be a meritocracy always, and he gets it,” Maddon said. Pujols says he’ll decide future after season with Angels 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z “Truly Like Lightning” is about leaving all that behind — not just the trappings of meritocracy but also the worries of the Trump era. David Duchovny has more passions than his new protagonist has wives 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z “Cancel culture not only cancels free speech and due process, it also derails meritocracies. It says, ‘We’re not going to judge people on their merits; we’re judging people on the basis of identity politics.’ ‘Who will replace Rush?’ 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z They only lived up to their much-celebrated ideals of meritocracy under pressure or threat. Perspective | Before sports get credit for doing the right thing, remember how long it took to get there 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z “We hope today’s action will begin to restore an internet that thrives on meritocracy and rewards innovation,” Yelp said in a statement. 'This is big': US lawmakers take aim at once-untouchable big tech 2020-12-19T05:00:00Z That anonymity also lets Snapchat promote the feed as a meritocracy: one where previous fame counts for little. Snapchat to give users share of $1m a day for most entertaining clips 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z What feels ruthless today, then, isn’t the character but the context: the pretense of American liberty and meritocracy. How ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’ Foretold Our Era of Grifting 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Because in the world of Pierpont & Co, the meritocracy is real: opportunity awaits anyone willing to light their lives ablaze for the company. In HBO’s Industry, true equality comes from money 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z “Science is publicized as a meritocracy: a larger, data-driven enterprise in which the best work and the best people float to the top,” Dr. Extavour said. Scientific Journals Commit to Diversity but Lack the Data 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z But for years, as debates about meritocracy raged on, the tech industry’s reliance on Indian engineers allowed another type of discrimination to fester. India’s engineers have thrived in Silicon Valley. So has its caste system. 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z “What is crucial is you must earn your life through meritocracy instead of enjoying an ascribed status based on ancestral position.” Cabbies and office workers: Meet Singapore's ordinary royals 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z It admonishes the "myth of meritocracy" and "myth of american exceptionalism," among other objectives that Rufo said represented "textbook critical race theory." Trump admin shuts down CDC training that purportedly flouted executive order on critical race theory 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z Thanks, Mr. Sandel, for articulating the need for understanding and respect, even in a meritocracy. Opinion | Do We Look Down on the Less Educated? 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z Last month, she wrote an opinion piece titled “Woke War on America’s No. 1 High School” in which she said the changes are an attack on meritocracy and are “anti-Asian, anti-immigrant and ultimately anti-American.” PTA clashes with education secretary on admissions changes 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z “We talk about taking advantage of opportunities, about the meritocracy of playing time and he deserves to play,” Pittsburgh manager Derek Shelton said. Pirates score twice in 9th, rally past Reds 3-2 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z Or that that because they don’t factor in race in their selection process, it’s somehow now a meritocracy based on talent. No diversity: Australian musical theatre award accused of overlooking non-white artists 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z She found herself taken with the ostensible meritocracy, she said, that allowed a “little Asian girl” to rise so long as she could shoot straight, even as one fellow cadet, Bryan Bowlsbey, tested her nerves. Tammy Duckworth Is Nothing and Everything Like Joe Biden 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z The problem, however, is not the celebration of merit, but profound economic unfairness that fails to live up to the ideals of meritocracy. Opinion | Do We Look Down on the Less Educated? 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z For DiAngelo, the elements include the “ideology of individualism,” which insists that meritocracy is mostly real, that hard work and talent will be justly rewarded. ‘White Fragility’ Is Everywhere. But Does Antiracism Training Work? 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z But he was entirely correct that most of my peers believed that meritocracy was fair and just and worked — because after all it seemed to work for us. Opinion | The Real White Fragility 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z A third-generation military man, Eisch is a strong believer in the meritocracy of the military: if you work hard and do well, you will be promoted. Review: Netflix documentary 'Father Soldier Son' questions human cost of military service 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z The authors emphasized that, in the United States, people are conditioned to believe that we live in a meritocracy and to attribute success or failure primarily to one's talent and hard work. The affluent are in denial about their class privilege, research says 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z Economic unfairness — symptoms of which include low social mobility and a broken meritocracy — explains the global wave of populism. Opinion | Do We Look Down on the Less Educated? 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z The slogan “supports the illusion of meritocracy,” the announcement said. Perspective | Why nation’s biggest charter network dumped its slogan, ‘Work hard. Be nice.’ 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z It also reflects a transformation within the meritocracy itself — a sense in which, since 2001, the system has consistently been asking more of ladder climbers and delivering less as its reward. Opinion | The Real White Fragility 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z Since the 1950s, criticisms of meritocracy have become so commonplace they have passed into cliche. Anne Applebaum: how my old friends paved the way for Trump and Brexit 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z "The ideology of meritocracy is woven deeply into the cultural fabric of American society," the authors write. The affluent are in denial about their class privilege, research says 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z In one segment, he called for “a colorblind meritocracy” in the United States. 'His hatred is infectious': Tucker Carlson, Trump's heir apparent and 2024 candidate? 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z "Our military is supposed to be the ultimate meritocracy," she said. Duckworth vows to block over 1,000 military confirmations until Pentagon proves Vindman will be promoted 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z These stresses have exposed the thinness of meritocracy as a culture, a Hogwarts with SATs instead of magic, a secular substitute for older forms of community, tradition or religion. Opinion | The Real White Fragility 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z But in his core, he is for what I think the best version of the American dream could be, a meritocracy. Billy Crudup plays with power, ambition, even a little goofiness in 'Morning Show' 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z Anyone want to talk about meritocracy and the lack of racism in sports today? Perspective | Racist hate for Bubba Wallace was inevitable. Now NASCAR must stand with him. 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z Biden is the product of a completely different world than the Ivy League meritocracy that has taken over the Democratic party. First Thing: will Trump's campaign chief take the fall for his Tulsa flop? 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z To put it plainly, Biden is the product of a completely different world than the Ivy League meritocracy that has taken over the Democratic party. What's behind Joe Biden's mystique? | Thomas Frank 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z Part of this ideology’s appeal is clearly about meaning and morality: The new anti-racism has a confessional, religious energy that the secular meritocracy has always lacked. Opinion | The Real White Fragility 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z Even if metal likes to think of itself as a meritocracy, there’s plenty of change there that’s long overdue. How you can support L.A.'s Black-owned independent record labels 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z Their observations on the way America presents itself as a meritocracy, yet saves its rewards for people with money, family connections, and good looks, are important. 'Incel' culture has sparked panic and pity – but little thoughtful conversation | Jessa Crispin 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z By comparison, white people buy into these illusions of meritocracy and individualism and American exceptionalism and similar beliefs. Pulitzer winner Chris Hedges: These "are the good times — compared to what's coming next" 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z The GM also said “I’m not even going to touch that one,” when asked if he believes in a meritocracy and whether Adams should be the team’s highest-paid player. Douglas says Jets plan to connect with Adams after draft 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z Imagine yourself as a relatively privileged white person exhausted by meritocracy — an overworked student or a fretful parent or a school administrator constantly besieged by both. Opinion | The Real White Fragility 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z One obvious one is the mythology of meritocracy. Robert Reich explains how oligarchs are "cashing in" on the pandemic 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z And we need to reckon with the morally corrosive downsides of meritocracy. Opinion | Are We All in This Together? 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z I don't believe we live in a meritocracy. Michael Arceneaux doesn’t want you to die poor 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z They rely on the lie of “meritocracy”: work hard and you can achieve whatever you want. The coronavirus crisis has exposed the ugly truth about celebrity culture and capitalism | Arwa Mahdawi 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z While highly measured and optimized workplaces are meritocratic, he said, meritocracy can be carried to an extreme, citing the movie Gattaca. Robots aren’t taking our jobs — they’re becoming our bosses 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Like most other American systems and professions, delusions around meritocracy continue to pervade the writing world. A dirty secret: you can only be a writer if you can afford it 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z There is also a deeper problem: Even a perfect meritocracy, in which opportunities for advancement were truly equal, would corrode solidarity. Opinion | Are We All in This Together? 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z Sports are a meritocracy, and for older athletes, that's synonymous with younger, faster, stronger performers taking their place. Golf's purgatory: Life after 40 on the PGA Tour - Golf Digest 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Spartz was proud to make a living on the internet, he said, because it was the closest humanity had yet come to creating a pure meritocracy. Big Swinging Brains and fashy trolls: how the world fell into a clickbait death spiral 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z They can't handle having sacred myths such as the myth of meritocracy and "pulling yourself up by your bootstraps" being shown to be fallacious. CNN's Wajahat Ali: "We knew what would happen" under Trump, but the media just played along 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z We do not live in a meritocracy where one gets ahead simply by hard work and talent, rather we live in what someone I read called an inherited meritocracy. What’s Wrong with Physics 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z If 16 million remainers are an elite, then we may rejoice that the UK is a model of meritocracy. Brexit, the most pointless, masochistic ambition in our country's history, is done 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z Many prominent venture capitalists now decry government controls and say they favor market meritocracy. Is Venture Capital Worth the Risk? 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z To want to be part of what thinks of itself as a progressive tech-driven meritocracy and instead serve as a cog in a misogynistic bro-culture machine. Review: 'Uncanny Valley' serves up a biting slice of start-up life 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z But she doesn’t run a ruthless meritocracy, either. The Equality Conundrum 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z And, as the beneficiaries of meritocracy passed their benefits on to their children, they would form a new aristocracy lacking sympathy for those who failed to get ahead. Britain may be completely different to the US – but we can still learn from its election | Geoffrey Kabaservice 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z What do those facts reveal about America’s leadership class, the myth of meritocracy and other cultural fables? Author Chris Hedges on Trump, the Democrats and the dying American empire 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z There are also numerous ethical and societal implications, regarding issues such as fairness, meritocracy and authenticity. The Runaway Train of Cognitive Enhancement 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z To put that into perspective, the Duke of York is widely agreed to have done his job so abysmally that a hereditary monarchy has had to resort to a version of meritocracy. How badly must you do your job for your own mother to fire you? Ask Prince Andrew | Marina Hyde 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z “Is there a greater meritocracy in the world? Is there a better example of true diversity?” he said. Mike Rowe celebrates veterans: No ‘trigger words,’ ‘safe space’ in U.S. military 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z This American dream, this idea that we have this meritocracy, is an extraordinary, wonderful ideal, but we can’t believe that it’s true and that it actually functions that way. 'Shameless' boss John Wells explains why peak TV must end 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z “But now,” he says, “that period feels like a weird phase of meritocracy.” David Mitchell: ‘I have no reason to have these apocalyptic musings’ 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z Already-fragile notions of meritocracy would be undermined, and education systems would struggle to fairly reward high achievers. The Runaway Train of Cognitive Enhancement 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Apart from Locksley, who received his flavor before he coached his first game with the team, ice cream is earned through a meritocracy of sorts. A sweet perk for Maryland coaches: Ice cream made in their honor 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z And in a time where the Teflon power elite seem to play by their own rules and the facade of a meritocracy is maybe the greatest grift of all, actual consequences remain shocking. Newsletter: The particular schadenfreude of sentencing in the college admissions scam 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z But we were also small-town teenagers trying to bond as a team in an apprehensive meritocracy of helmets and shoulder pads. When My Louisiana School and Its Football Team Finally Desegregated 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z But Professor Markovits also claims that meritocracy is as painful for the people on the top rungs of the ladder as it is for those lower down. Opinion | Now the Rich Want Your Pity, Too 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z In the film's world, it's as if the political situation of 1960s America — big government public works projects, meritocracies, Johnson-era Great Society type stuff — never ended. "Ad Astra" feels like ruling class propaganda 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z Over dinner in cosmopolitan cities, they discussed Fukuyama’s The End of History, pushed further and faster towards freer trade and more porous borders, and insisted that inequality was being sanitized by meritocracy. Yes, capitalism is broken. To recover, liberals must eat humble pie 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z The show puts men and women of different ethnic backgrounds on the same stage, promoting meritocracy and democracy through public voting to select the winner. Opinion: Trump killed the Afghanistan peace process. But there's still a chance to get it right 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z In retrospect, the adherence to meritocracy should have been suspect at a prominent international company that was overwhelmingly white, male, and American, and had fewer than fifteen women in engineering. Four Years in Startups 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z “My students at Yale—the poster children for meritocracy—are more nearly overwhelmed and confounded by their apparent blessings than complacent or even just self-assured,” he writes. Is Meritocracy Making Everyone Miserable? 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z In general I think the meritocracy deserves almost all the criticism it gets. Opinion | The College Admissions Trilemma 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, Shropshire believes that the gap is closing, and that the league is as close to being an on-field meritocracy as it has ever been. 'We've come so far': how black quarterbacks defied a racist past to become the NFL's future 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z One of the reasons we embrace sports so dearly is that they can symbolize human interaction at its most noble: fair play, meritocracy, sportsmanship, competitiveness, striving to be better, pushing the limits of human achievement. Banning fans' free speech is not consistent with our vision of sport. Or democracy 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z It was intended to address concerns about nepotism and a lack of meritocracy. Clubby and ‘disturbing’ citation behavior by researchers in Italy has surged 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z For Markovits, both classes are the prisoners of meritocracy, just as Marx thought that both the capitalist and the worker he exploits were doing only what the system was making them do. Is Meritocracy Making Everyone Miserable? 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Not only that, there are a lot of powerful people with a stake in maintaining the illusion of meritocracy. We know life is a game of chance, so why not draw lots to see who gets the job? | Sonia Sodha 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z The anointing of one book as a cultural touchstone, one individual as the oracle, and the fallacy of meritocracy that underpins it, is patently absurd. Darkly funny, desperate and full of rage: what makes a millennial novel? 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z Its underlying conditions – strong, consistent economic growth and a meritocracy structured to keep the rich from gaming the system – no longer hold true. Six ways to bring the American Dream back from the dead 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z The working-class people I met were often radically critical of inequality and deeply skeptical about whether we live in a meritocracy. Why do so many working class Americans feel politics is pointless? 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z We created the meritocracy with good intentions, and now we are its victims. Is Meritocracy Making Everyone Miserable? 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z But if we accept that what we call meritocracy is predominantly a way for advantage to self-replicate, why not at least experiment with lotteries instead? We know life is a game of chance, so why not draw lots to see who gets the job? | Sonia Sodha 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z Democratic priorities, instead of focusing on American values of meritocracy and universality, dwell on inclusion, race and identity. Opinion | Morals and Values in the 2020 Election 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z It was meant to bring meritocracy to the game: “If you can climb to the top, you’ll unlock access to the Fortnite World Cup Online Open tournaments,” Epic wrote in its announcement post. No women competed at the Fortnite World Cup, but top players want to change that 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z The pro gaming scene likes to present itself as a meritocracy, where pure talent is all that matters. Not one of the Fornite World Cup's 100 finalists was a woman. Why? 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z “Present-day ideals concerning justice, entitlement, and even merit are all meritocracy’s offspring and carry its genes inside them,” as Markovits puts it. Is Meritocracy Making Everyone Miserable? 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z An element of random selection might engender a bit more humility on the part of white, middle-class men; it goes alongside being honest that meritocracy is a convenient mask for privilege. We know life is a game of chance, so why not draw lots to see who gets the job? | Sonia Sodha 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z The rise of Boris Johnson was only really ever improbable if you were under the delusion that we live in a meritocracy. The next prime minister will be Boris Johnson. What now? Our panel responds | Martha Gill and others 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z Meng said her Chinese doctoral students chose to stay because the U.S. system of meritocracy allows them to advance more equitably than in China, where there is a greater focus on guanxi, or connections. Trump is cracking down on China. Now UC campuses are paying the price 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z “We generally associate sports, regardless of the level, with some form of meritocracy.” Did this student deserve admission to UCLA's renowned gymnastics team? 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z Meritocracy seems the natural way of running things, so that when you ask why meritocracy isn’t working people say it’s because it’s not meritocratic enough. Is Meritocracy Making Everyone Miserable? 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Everywhere, from White House to boardroom to pub, we are surrounded by a male belief in male meritocracy, in which exceptional women are slotted into a hierarchy built to contain and often downplay their achievements. So, guys, you reckon you could take a point off Serena Williams? | Alex Clark 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z If the field of sports is truly a meritocracy, there should be no argument about value or compensation. Opinion | U.S. women’s soccer players shouldn’t be paid as much as men. They should get more. 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z That is a sticking point in a country where corruption and lack of meritocracy are named by graduates as two of the main reasons for emigrating. Young Greeks lean to conservatives for future 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z There is no entitlement in the NBA, it is the ultimate meritocracy: your value is measured by performance alone. Why the Toronto Raptors' title is a victory for the NBA, Canada ... and the US 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z In a meritocracy, the winners, the people who benefit from the system, tend to believe that their success is due entirely to brains and hard work, not to the accident of birth. Is Meritocracy Making Everyone Miserable? 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z But it’s at its best and most timely as an attempt to mine comic gold from a moment when professional meritocracy is being re-examined as a bastion of unexamined privilege and boys-club nepotism. Review | In ‘Late Night,’ Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling deliver sparkling wit and surprising sweetness 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z Their scores functioned as a currency of merit for a nation that aspired to meritocracy. Useful or foolhardy? New ‘adversity rating’ for SAT drives rousing debate. 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z By making an objective — meaning standardized — test one component of schools’ assessments of applicants, it advanced the American ideal of a meritocracy open to all talents. Opinion | The SAT’s new ‘adversity index’ is another step down the path of identity politics 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z The incorruptible nature of American meritocracy was a creed that my mother held onto. How I Would Have Fared on the SAT’s Adversity Score 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Fifty years ago, the worry about meritocracy centered on race and gender. Is Meritocracy Making Everyone Miserable? 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Professional golf is the purest rendition of sports meritocracy. Debate: Have PGA Tour celebrity sponsor exemptions run their course? - Golf Digest 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z We are constantly arguing over the workings of American meritocracy, in schools and then colleges and then jobs: How do we get past the old networks of privilege and prejudice and accurately evaluate people’s abilities? How Pete Buttigieg’s Meaningless Erudition Made Him the ‘Smart’ Candidate 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z But while designed as a meritocracy, research shows that ENA students' parents are often senior civil servants themselves or CEOs. The elite French school that trains presidents 2019-04-20T04:00:00Z In a country where the myth of academic meritocracy persists despite plenty of evidence to the contrary, many people were shocked to learn that the education system was rife with illegal and unethical conduct. Putin’s plagiarism, fake Ukrainian degrees and tales of world leaders accused of academic fraud 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z “The afflictions that dominate American life,” he says, “arise not because meritocracy is imperfectly realized, but rather on account of meritocracy itself.” Is Meritocracy Making Everyone Miserable? 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z They’ve dissolved the shared moral cultures that used to restrain capitalism and the meritocracy. Opinion | The Moral Peril of Meritocracy 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z There are no batting averages or shooting percentages, no analytic-based meritocracy. The WWE has racial skeletons in its past. Can Kofi Kingston change its future? 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z He passionately debunks the idea that coding is a meritocracy, citing education and luck as key factors contributing to success. The hidden influencers who code our world 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z We still like to picture our higher-education system as the linchpin of a meritocracy, like a public utility that sorts the accomplished from the rest. People Don’t Bribe College Officials to Help Their Kids. They Do It to Help Themselves. 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z The average Microsoft engineer tends to be older, and there is a generational thing where they believe in the meritocracy of working in tech and trying to be as apolitical as possible. Silicon Valley revolt: meet the tech workers fighting their bosses over Ice, censorship and racism 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z To the wealthy and connected, on the other hand, America’s selective colleges are their birthright, the final step in the youthful coronation to an aristocracy posing as a meritocracy. Perspective | The admissions system is worse than broken. It’s fixed. 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z This "Varsity Blues" cheating scandal also exposes other fictions about meritocracy and the rigor of these elite institutions. Anti-racism activist Tim Wise: How white privilege shaped the college admissions scandal 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Higher education is supposed to be a meritocracy, but we’ve seen in recent years how some are willing to go to extremes to get their children accepted into highly coveted schools, Niles said. College admissions scammers found 'the hole in the Death Star' 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z The other scandals are less amusing, involving dilemmas of race and meritocracy with no celebrity leaven. Opinion | The Scandals of Meritocracy 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z Any lingering faith in a system of meritocracy was challenged on Tuesday when federal prosecutors charged 50 people in what they called the “largest college admissions scam ever prosecuted by the Department of Justice.” Formerly Homeless Student Gets Into 17 Colleges, on His Own 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z But this scandal only begins to reveal the lies that sustain the American idea of meritocracy. Meritocracy is a myth invented by the rich | Nathan Robinson 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z It’s what the students call a harsh lesson in the limits of meritocracy. ‘What Does It Take?’: Admissions Scandal Is a Harsh Lesson in Racial Disparities 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Of course, higher education in this country is not a meritocracy. Perspective | Now that we see what stealing a college slot really looks like, can we stop making students of color feel like frauds? 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z The “more meritocracy” argument against both legacies and racial quotas implicitly assumes that aptitude — some elixir of I.Q. and work ethic — is what our elite primarily lacks. Opinion | The Scandals of Meritocracy 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z Meritocracy isn't really a thing to begin with, because rich parents can so easily transmit to children the ingredients it takes to succeed in "meritocracy." Analysis | The Daily 202: Russia may experiment with new forms of interference in Ukraine’s elections, experts warn 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z She said the idea of the meritocracy is a myth, but one that the elites need everyone else to believe “to protect their advantages in society.” Admissions scandal exposes divide over class in America 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z So, in response to the pressure for meritocracy, this crazy-quilt complicated system developed, which appears, on the surface, to be merit-based but actually includes quite a few hidden boosts for the wealthy. An Investigative Journalist on How Parents Buy College Admissions 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z “In practice, it has become antipathy towards notions like meritocracy, like you can rise above your station in life, or color-blindness in institutions. White supremacists believe all this stuff, too.” Bill Maher: Social justice warriors ‘a cancer on progressivism’ 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z The capitalist upstairs is ratcheting up a new/old ruling story to bolster a weakened meritocracy story and win over a downstairs looking at its American Dream disappear. Who deserves safety and who doesn’t? How capitalism teaches us a "security story" 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z Nonetheless, a bunch of rich parents conclude that their kids can't even succeed in rigged meritocracy. Analysis | The Daily 202: Russia may experiment with new forms of interference in Ukraine’s elections, experts warn 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z “In this country, we affirm that when a person walks into the voting booth and pulls that lever, there is no meritocracy or hierarchy. The booth is the equalizer.” Rep. Ayanna Pressley proposes lowering voting age to 16, claims maturity not an issue 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z “We need to promote the role of universities in creating an inclusive meritocracy in Israel,” he said. Israel university head questions government boycott strategy 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z She also said Yale has “dedicated itself to a relatively firm meritocracy, which drops its standards only for a few minorities, some legacies and a football player here or there.” Remarks by Trump judicial pick on date rape, race draw fire 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z “We should be a meritocracy. We shouldn’t have any discrimination for any reason.” Some conservative Republicans get on board with certain LGBT bills in Virginia 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z Professional golf is said to be the purest rendition of sports meritocracy. Starting over: When you lose your tour card - Golf Digest 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z The new ministry will struggle without a system of meritocracy, the competent execution of state policy or adequate resources, says immunologist Gabriela Delgado, at the National University of Colombia in Bogota. Colombia creates its first science ministry 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z “NFL’s a meritocracy & coaching talent is rare. White and black coaches are being treated the exact same. As they should be.” NFL: League under scrutiny for lack of minority coaches 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z Sure, the big, broad-lit American creed is about meritocracy, through and through. America only wants the 'best' immigrants, but would its own people pass the test? | Conor P Williams 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z Internet popularity is not a straight meritocracy, lest you think the Kardashians are really the most important people on the planet. GolfDigest.com's most popular stories of 2018 - Golf Digest 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z Sport in its pure form is the opposite of all this, the opposite of judging a person on pigment, presenting instead the most thrilling of basic meritocracies. Football should not carry the can for society’s ills – but can help to remedy them | Barney Ronay 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z Ah yes, of course, it’s classic Republican “bootstrap” meritocracy: where the smartest, hardest-working, most fitting person for the job just so happens to be your son-in-law. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez takes ‘bootstrap’ jab at Jared Kushner, Republicans for White House clout 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z And other studies show that when managers think they are working within a meritocracy, they are even more likely to favor men. A star flutist is paid $64,451 less than her male counterpart. So she’s suing. It may well be true that today’s meritocracy is largely illusory—a veil we’ve cast over structural inequities to flatter and comfort ourselves. How Not to Mourn the Aristocracy 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z First, meritocracy segregates talent rather than dispersing it. Opinion | The Case Against Meritocracy 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z The one where poor black children need unforgiving discipline to overcome the inevitable obstacles in their lives so they can vault themselves into the meritocracy. Opinion | T.M. Landry and the Tragedy of Viral Success Stories 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z The man who invented the term “meritocracy” did not mean it as a compliment. Opinion | I’m not calling to revive WASP culture. Just to learn from it. 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z In a given year, there may be clarity, but that would be achieved by happenstance, not by a true meritocracy. Perspective | Be thankful for what we have in the College Football Playoff, but acknowledge its flaws 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z In their infinite wisdom and hereditary prudence, they themselves created the flawed meritocracy that Douthat and Zakaria believe has led us astray. How Not to Mourn the Aristocracy 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z But because meritocracy says all success is deserved, noblesse oblige? Opinion | The Case Against Meritocracy 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z Eight decades ago, Harvard put itself and the nation on the path toward one understanding of meritocracy by emphasizing in admissions the Scholastic Aptitude Test. Opinion | Harvard’s problem is a version of America’s 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z “Dynastic wealth, the enemy of a meritocracy, is on the rise,” Buffett told lawmakers years ago. The wealth of America's three richest families grew by 6,000% since 1982 | Chuck Collins 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z "Meritocracy is the big promise of our democracies, and social mobility is the truth test for meritocracy," says Mr Schleicher. Do schools help or hinder social mobility? 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z By contrast, he argued, the products of today’s nominal meritocracy run on a “treadmill of achievement, so they are constantly moving, looking out for their own survival and success.” How Not to Mourn the Aristocracy 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z And throw into the mix of the myth of meritocracy. Opinion | The Case Against Meritocracy 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z And even if it didn’t, the meritocracy undergirding the American experiment requires opportunity and access for all, regardless of color. Harvard case could represent the end of racial bias in college admissions 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z More broadly, what happened to equal opportunity and meritocracy? Opinion | Liberal Hypocrisy in College Admissions? 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z When the sociologist Michael Young coined the term “meritocracy” he meant it as a warning, not an aspiration. Friday US briefing: Khashoggi search widens as White House shifts tone 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z The ideal of meritocracy, Young understood, confuses two different concerns. The myth of meritocracy: who really gets what they deserve? 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z As we experience it, meritocracy is "rule by the most meritorious--at anything." Opinion | The Case Against Meritocracy 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z He said he had an open mind, that meritocracy ruled and that players would have the chance to earn a place in the side. Luis Enrique begins to succeed as Spain look to start a new dynasty 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z Bridgewater’s founder, Ray Dalio, and the company are well known for a unique culture of “radical truth and radical transparency” whereby intellectual conflict is encouraged to promote a meritocracy of ideas, avoiding traditional office politics. Explainer: What are risk-parity funds? 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z What meritocracy actually does is to reinforce societal hierarchies. Taught to rule: Why elite men like Brett Kavanaugh lie and cheat without consequences 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z So neither talent nor effort, the two things that would determine rewards in the world of the meritocracy, is itself something earned. The myth of meritocracy: who really gets what they deserve? 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z My personal gripes against meritocracy are that it tends to be one-dimensional and arbitrarily frozen in time. Opinion | The Case Against Meritocracy 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z It’s possible that immigrants are the only ones who speak about meritocracy and fairness without a trace of irony. The Rise and Fall of Affirmative Action 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z The insidious myth that we live in a meritocracy is, unfortunately, also peddled by liberals who consider themselves “woke”. Trump and Kavanaugh claim we live in a meritocracy. Don’t believe a word of it | Arwa Mahdawi 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z The "meritocracy" of America is a delusion invented by white men who benefit from every system imaginable to help them succeed at the expense of everyone else. Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His Father 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z For many today, the answer is “meritocracy” – a term that Young himself coined 60 years ago. The myth of meritocracy: who really gets what they deserve? 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z He cites all the evils he sees in his self imagined world of “meritocracy”. Opinion | The Case Against Meritocracy 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z Perhaps, I wondered, one could feel sympathy that the plaintiffs had put so much faith in meritocracy. The Rise and Fall of Affirmative Action 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z Travis shares Leibovich’s view that football is a “clean meritocracy,” and they both lament the shadow that politics casts on their childhood enthusiasms. Should We Keep Politics Out of Sports? 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z He offered a theory: Anxiety over the next generation’s economic prospects and fear of losing a foothold in the meritocracy put parents under pressure to invest in their children’s skills earlier as a competitive advantage. Perspective | We’ve so overscheduled our kids that doctors are now prescribing playtime 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Like so many phenomena, meritocracy was named by an enemy. The myth of meritocracy: who really gets what they deserve? 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z In these misreadings, there was an assumption that to praise, in any way, the elite that predated the modern meritocracy is to reject racial diversity, minority and female advancement, in favor of permanent white rule. Opinion | The Case Against Meritocracy 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z There are all of the mythologies that intertwine in the process: the farce of a pure meritocracy, of color blindness; a misplaced faith in standard measures of achievement. The Rise and Fall of Affirmative Action 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z Some of the children really believed in meritocracy. Are you a well-meaning white parent who perpetuates racism? 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z Singapore was to be a meritocracy, in Lee’s vision, and those who succeed shouldn’t flaunt their advantages. How famously uptight Singapore become a playground for Asia's 'crazy rich' 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z This is the first published appearance of the word “meritocracy”, and the book aimed to show what a society governed on this principle would look like. The myth of meritocracy: who really gets what they deserve? 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z “That’s the beauty of football. It’s the ultimate meritocracy - if you can play, we want you.” Adams State female football kicker eager to make her mark 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z The difference between a traditional class system and our so-called meritocracy, Appiah notes, is mainly that the latter is free of guilt, providing little argument or incentive for changing it. Review | Myths that shape our notion of identity 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Although sports are culture's ultimate meritocracy, performance—as unfortunate as this reality may be—remains only part of the equation. Why doesn't golf consider Brooks Koepka a star? - Golf Digest 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z North Korean people are very hard-working, like South Koreans, but the society is not a meritocracy and that stops people from living up to their potential. Five determined North Koreans who are seizing the day in the South 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z At the same time, the government sought to build a Singaporean national identity based on multiracialism, equality and meritocracy. Worries Grow in Singapore Over China’s Calls to Help ‘Motherland’ 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z He flattened an inflexible hierarchy, replacing layers of middle management with meritocracy. Illness ends career of Sergio Marchionne, the CEO who liked to fix... 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z If the mutual-fund world was a meritocracy, at least half of all funds would disappear tomorrow. What’s the worst mutual fund you own? 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z That mix, that blend, is to football what poverty always was too: proof that the game itself discriminates according to a player’s worth on the pitch, not his social status – a true meritocracy. How Russia 2018 saw claustrophobic football crowd tiki-taka off world stage | Jorge Valdano 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z That postwar meritocracy broke down the class-based system that kept Jews and Italians and eventually blacks and Latinos out of elite institutions. Immigration policy during Nazi era and now is not explained by “just following the law” 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z He is, in short, among the best the meritocracy has produced. The George Soros philosophy – and its fatal flaw 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z Let’s remember when and how meritocracy became the organizing ideology of modern society. Opinion | Meritocracy is under attack 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z The American dream is a dream of a meritocracy—a glorious idealism that is, in practice, often premised on other people’s definition of merit. Why Asian-Americans Feel Powerless in the Battle over New York’s Élite High Schools 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z Pinker claims that if elite institutions focused on test scores, they would become meritocracies. Law should tread lightly on college admissions 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z “There’s this Anglo-Saxon culture that he mixes with the French culture of the meritocracy,” Mr. Fourquet said. That’s ‘Mr. President’ to You, Macron Scolds France 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z The current system masquerades as a meritocracy, but it is subjective, biased, built on personal networks and laced with blind luck. How will you judge me if not by impact factor? 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z The New York challenge to meritocracy involves its selective high schools, which are a wonder of the modern public-education system. Opinion | Meritocracy is under attack 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Collins credits soccer’s global success to its early embrace of meritocracy. How We Watch Soccer Now 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z The comment continues to rankle Smith, who views his career as an exercise in perfectly incremental meritocracy. Stephen A. Smith Won’t Stop Talking 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Open is a meritocracy of the highest degree. U.S. Open 2018: Despite two-stroke penalty for hitting the wrong ball, DeMorat in contention in his professional debut (and birthday, no less) - Golf Digest 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z Elites of all stripes were so detached they didn’t see how untrammeled meritocracy divides societies between the “fittest” and the rest. Donald Trump is not playing by your rules 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z The Boston challenge is different, asking for genuine meritocracy. Opinion | Meritocracy is under attack 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Zell, who is known for making irreverent remarks over the years, said he was a believer in meritocracy and that he has never promoted nor demoted a woman because she is a woman. Sam Zell Apologizes For Using Lewd Comment to Refer to Women 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z In America, aren't we brainwashed by capitalism through these myths about meritocracy and individualism? Why are poor people in America so patriotic? One man went on an odyssey to find out 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z David Brooks admires our country’s progress to a meritocracy, while clearly explaining its weaknesses. Opinion | Have We Lost Our Civic Consciousness? 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z “The issue is whether the president will still apply standards and meritocracy. Will he weigh the injustices and mete out justice to reflect the needs of a situation? That doesn’t seem to be the case.” Pardon System Needs Fixing, Advocates Say, but They Cringe at Trump’s Approach 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z To select a society’s elites, as Winston Churchill said of democracy, a meritocracy is the worst system — except for all the others. Opinion | Meritocracy is under attack 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z We need to build a meritocracy that is true to its values, truly open to all. The strange failure of the educated elite 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z What explains the power of cultural myths about meritocracy and individualism, in the face of ample evidence that they do not represent reality for most people? Why are poor people in America so patriotic? One man went on an odyssey to find out 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z I see the echoes of the boomer belief in independence and meritocracy in the millennials. Opinion | Have We Lost Our Civic Consciousness? 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z In a country where age and experience had always been privileged, the Dutchman’s strict meritocracy rubbed some people up the wrong way. World Cup stunning moments: Italy shocked by South Korea in 2002 | Paolo Bandini 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z Its leaders built a backwater into a shiny financial capital through meritocracy — and curbs on political freedoms. How Singapore came to host the Kim-Trump summit 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z The real problem with the modern meritocracy can be found in the ideology of meritocracy itself. The strange failure of the educated elite 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z Many male economists seem to reckon the meritocracy is functioning perfectly well, with no problems to fix; men presumably dominate because of superior ability. Barriers to entry 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z “The system is not the perfect meritocracy that people thought it was for the past 15 years.” Techies: portraits of Silicon Valley diversity 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Our addictions are believed to be because we are feckless, lazy and unwilling to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps in what most white Americans consider to be a meritocracy. Amid the opioid epidemic, white means victim, black means addict 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z The setup is an abomination, and goes against the very principles of meritocracy inherent to sports. Concept of football's National Championship continues to allude UCF - Golf Digest 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z The meritocracy is based on the metaphor that life is a journey. The strange failure of the educated elite 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z Removing the barriers faced by underrepresented groups would not transform the profession overnight, but would inject a bracing gust of competition into the field’s imperfect meritocracy. Barriers to entry 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Compare the youth-driven meritocracy of Silicon Valley technology companies with government technology. I.R.S. Website Crashes on Tax Day as Millions Tried to File Returns 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z Creating a true meritocracy in higher education would require serious, politically daring changes to our housing policies and the tax code, neither of which seems likely in the current climate. Opinion | How to Level the College Playing Field 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z “The new revenue distribution criteria must be more balanced, based on meritocracy of the current performance and reward success for the teams and the commercial rights holder,” the statement added. F1 outlines a future of cost caps and simpler engines 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Instead of seeing the self as the seat of the soul, the meritocracy sees the self as a vessel of human capital, a series of talents to be cultivated and accomplishments to be celebrated. The strange failure of the educated elite 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z That is egregious, especially in an industry that prides itself on being a meritocracy where anyone can succeed. Why sexism is rife in Silicon Valley 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z “We have built a better meritocracy by doing this, and any of our competitors who want to compete with us better get their butts in gear,” said Landgraf. Female directors from 'Jessica Jones' and more are leading the charge on TV like never before 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z Sports are supposed to be a great meritocracy, and when allowed to be, these games prove it true. Perspective | Asking an NFL prospect about his sexuality? Really? In 2018? 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z The students say they are pushing for a Thai meritocracy to replace what they see as corruption and nepotism in the system. Politics back in fashion in Thailand despite poll delays 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z The great achievement of the meritocracy is that it has widened opportunities to those who were formerly oppressed. The strange failure of the educated elite 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z The tournament is the most ruthless sort of meritocracy. The ‘Two Worlds’ of the Champions League Keep Drifting Apart 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Finally, 50 years later, meritocracy is here — and it’s long overdue,” he added, referring to the school’s 1968 decision to admit women the following September. Yale’s Famed Whiffenpoofs Singing Group Admits First Woman 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z A real meritocracy, women had real personal and professional power in the Silicon Valley. How Silicon Valley Came to Be a Land of ‘Bros’ 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z The students say they are pushing for a Thai meritocracy to replace what they see as corruption and nepotism in the system. Politics back in fashion in Thailand despite poll delays 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z Any worries over entering an inhospitable macho world were dispelled by the natural meritocracy of the gridiron, the women said. NFL: Forum offers women opportunity for career in football 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z While Rawls vigorously defended the need for fairness in competitions for social positions and offices, he opposed meritocracy as insufficiently democratic. Opinion | Misrepresenting Rawls on meritocracy 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z For talented women, academia is all too often not a meritocracy. Does Gender Matter? 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z An English professor says promoting “meritocracy” and failing to engage in identity politics are symptoms of a white supremacist disposition. Reshmi Dutt-Ballerstadt, English professor, says ‘meritocracy’ is white supremacist 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z Tennis officials like to view their sport as a meritocracy. Wishes for Tennis in 2018 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z Any worries over entering an inhospitable macho world were dispelled by the natural meritocracy of the gridiron, the women said. NFL: Forum offers women opportunity for career in football 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z People like me emphasize cultural issues: If you have 60 years of radical individualism and ruthless meritocracy, you’re going to end up with a society that is atomized, distrustful and divided. How liberal democracy has betrayed its promises 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z When it comes to bias, it seems that the desire to believe in a meritocracy is so powerful that until a person has experienced sufficient career-harming bias themselves they simply do not believe it exists. Does Gender Matter? 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z "Charged with making Britain 'the world's great meritocracy', she put the brakes on policies that work, like free schools, and devised bureaucratic initiatives of little value," he wrote. Ex-No 10 aide 'so wrong' about Greening 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z The challenge is to ameliorate meritocracy’s severity by, among other things, nuanced admissions policies at colleges and universities that seek students whose meager family advantages can be supplemented by the schools. Opinion | How merit-based college admissions became so unfair 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z Not having to acknowledge that privilege allows the powerful to engage in a game of make-believe, perpetuating the myth that their success is a matter of strict meritocracy. The Republicans are now the party of identity politics | Lucia Graves 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z “Does loyalty seem to be overtaking meritocracy,” he asked. Erdogan Trains His Broom on a Sweep of Turkey’s Governing Party 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z “That’s how I started questioning meritocracy and the American Dream. I had to grapple with the problem of not having access to the American Dream.” She could have been a top US soccer player. Problem was, she was undocumented 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z They deserve for meritocracy to be more than a buzzword. I was a co-host with John Hockenberry on WNYC. The experience was scarring | Adaora Udoji 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z Wall Street has for years prided itself on being a “meritocracy,” arguing that its performance-based culture drives capital to the best trading ideas and the best deals. Opinion | The Cost of Devaluing Women 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z The better answer is to truly provide equality of opportunity, and strive to build a true meritocracy. He Took On the Voting Rights Act and Won. Now He’s Taking On Harvard. 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z It is a meritocracy - the better you perform the more calls are routed to you - and the more money one makes. Plugging Into the Gig Economy, From Home With a Headset 2017-11-11T05:00:00Z If there’s one thing that 200 years of slavery and 100 years of segregation did for African Americans, it was to temper their investment in the myth that the US is a meritocracy. My travels in white America – a land of anxiety, division and pockets of pain 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z Less of a meritocracy prevails; innovation, retention and morale suffer. Opinion | I’m one of Mark Halperin’s accusers. He’s part of a bigger problem we need to fix. 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z And yet, over time, a rude and backhanded meritocracy grudgingly and intermittently brought itself to bear. Baseball no longer a supergiant but it is still the most American of sports 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z While Michelle Obama’s occasional appearances in J. Crew sweaters and skirts appeared to affirm the company’s position as the de facto clothier of the middle-aged meritocracy, millennial consumers were seeking more distinctiveness in their attire. Arthur Cinader, Who Started J. Crew, Avatar of Preppy Style, Dies at 90 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z The rules of this tech company’s supposed meritocracy would have been much more bearable had their also not also been a manufactured and forced culture of FUN! Plugging Into the Gig Economy, From Home With a Headset 2017-11-11T05:00:00Z "That meritocracy where you put the effort in and you get rewards for - it goes away," he says. Gig economy staff 'like the flexibility' 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z In some ways, sports are conducted on the ultimate level playing field, a meritocracy where ability outweighs backgrounds, beliefs, race and religion. Opinion | Protests in sports aren’t new at all 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z There’s even a TED talk touting his “believability-weighted idea meritocracy”—whatever that means. Ray Dalio and the Market’s Pulse 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z That sort of systemic critique is heretical in Silicon Valley, where wealthy men talk a big game about a meritocracy and transforming the world through technology. Fighting hard — and losing — the gender discrimination battle in the tech world 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z I got $16-an-hour and was subjected to similarly ruthless “meritocracy” metrics. Plugging Into the Gig Economy, From Home With a Headset 2017-11-11T05:00:00Z “It’s easier to protect this narrative that I live in this meritocracy that is fair and that is consistent with our American ideals,” Kraus said. White people are really confident that things are getting better for black people 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z Paul Ryan’s colleagues are particularly likely to share his opinions on American meritocracy. The cost of the American dream 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z “We want this place to be an idea meritocracy,” he said. Bridgewater’s Ray Dalio Spreads His Gospel of ‘Radical Transparency’ 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z The culture at Google promoted the idea of the “meritocracy”, meaning discrimination is no longer a problem and that women struggling to get promotions should simply work harder and advocate more loudly, said Zhang. Women say they quit Google because of racial discrimination: 'I was invisible' 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z |
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