Rob Beschizza at 9:33 am Tue, Aug 13, 2013
When asked about "leadership" as an admissions criterion, white ranking of the measure went up in importance when respondents were informed of the Asian success in University of California admissions. "Sociologists have found that whites refer to 'qualifications' and a meritocratic distribution of opportunities and rewards, and the purported failure of blacks to live up to this meritocratic standard, to bolster the belief that racial inequality in the United States has some legitimacy," Samson writes in the paper. "However, the results here suggest that the importance of meritocratic criteria for whites varies depending upon certain circumstances. To wit, white Californians do not hold a principled commitment to a fixed standard of merit."
The very basis of bigotry and racism is connected to the concept of meritocracy. When the Right Wing 'measures' their responsibility in racism in the USA, they often rely on the idea that every American is born with the same opportunity to succeed. That view of world only validates those that hold it don't look beyond their nose to understand their own countrymen and women.
"I'm no racist!"
Myopic views of the world counts.
Meritocracy or Bias? (click here)
...Specifically, he found, in a survey of white California adults, they generally favor admissions policies that place a high priority on high school grade-point averages and standardized test scores. But when these white people are focused on the success of Asian-American students, their views change....
When asked about "leadership" as an admissions criterion, white ranking of the measure went up in importance when respondents were informed of the Asian success in University of California admissions. "Sociologists have found that whites refer to 'qualifications' and a meritocratic distribution of opportunities and rewards, and the purported failure of blacks to live up to this meritocratic standard, to bolster the belief that racial inequality in the United States has some legitimacy," Samson writes in the paper. "However, the results here suggest that the importance of meritocratic criteria for whites varies depending upon certain circumstances. To wit, white Californians do not hold a principled commitment to a fixed standard of merit."
The very basis of bigotry and racism is connected to the concept of meritocracy. When the Right Wing 'measures' their responsibility in racism in the USA, they often rely on the idea that every American is born with the same opportunity to succeed. That view of world only validates those that hold it don't look beyond their nose to understand their own countrymen and women.
"I'm no racist!"
Myopic views of the world counts.
Meritocracy or Bias? (click here)
...Specifically, he found, in a survey of white California adults, they generally favor admissions policies that place a high priority on high school grade-point averages and standardized test scores. But when these white people are focused on the success of Asian-American students, their views change....
