Meritocracy

inequalities under the guise of meritocracy, and that the education system is built to benefit the elites. According to the Marxist theory, the system benefits the elites in 3 ways: Firstly, it reproduces class inequality via the lower standards of education that working-class children have due to rich families using their material and cultural capital to ensure that their kids go to the best schools. Secondly, it legitimates class inequality by using meritocracy as an excuse and justifying the…

I have always believed in the American Dream and meritocracy when I was growing up. I thought that anyone could achieve whatever they wanted if they worked hard enough for it, not knowing that there were children and adults who would never attain that “dream.” I plan to use keywords, class readings, and other supplemental materials, to support my argument that the “American Dream” is in actuality a myth and is not attainable for those who are marginalized, as well as the case that America was…

I would like to think we all would like to embrace the practice of meritocracy. This is the practice where people are promoted or given raises based off of their performance, and no other reason. Is this a dead practice? Is the very concept dead? I do not believe the practice of meritocracy, the practice where people are promoted or given raises based of their performance, and no other reason; nor is the concept dead. At my place…

relations of production of the capitalist society, legitimise these inequalities through the myth of meritocracy and to characterise the infrastructure of capitalist societies. However, there are competing viewpoints to Marxism such as Functionalists who have similar views to Marxists about the view role and function of education, however, Functionalists believe that education promotes meritocracy and creates value consensus. One traditional Marxist view on the role and function of education…

from if one works hard enough social mobility is achievable. Khan’s Privilege, and the documentary White Like Me, helps explain how this idea of meritocracy in America is extremely flawed. Colorblind racism is reinforced by affirmative action, and scholarships, as a way to help promote an equal playing field, which only enhances the idea of meritocracy. While examples of black success like the 2008 election are being used as proof that America is no longer racist and that there is no reason,…

He did something that brought out his rough childhood and early beginnings , he implemented meritocracy. Meritocracy is a philosophy saying that choice positions or power should be given to those who prove themselves worthy by performing greatly , demonstrating achievements and by being loyal to one. This technique managed Genghis Khan to find without bias…

Reverse Racism Reverse racism is a controversial and touchy subject in American society and academia and is originated from misconception and prejudice. As soon as affirmative action (Merriam-Webster 2017) was enforced by laws in the latter middle half of the twentieth century in the United States of America, reverse racism existed, and it is difficult to find middle grounds between affirmative action and reverse racism. Thus, we should abolish affirmative action so reverse racism ceases to…

structure plays in the decision-making process was a good start, she failed to study up on the changing business landscape in Arab nations. In private business, the traditional paradigms of the extended family structure are eschewed in favor of a meritocracy (Steers, 2013), where traditional roles do not factor in so heavily. Had she focused some…

China and boosted its wealth through the trading of silk, also creating cultural diffusion (doc 4, OI). However, the Civil Service Exam caused China’s wealth the plummet because most wealthy families being exempt from taxes. But also creating a meritocracy within China (doc 6). All in all the innovations made during the Han dynasty had many different impacts on Chinese society changing it…

The American Dream, Dead or Alive The idea of the “American Dream” is alive and anyone can obtain their desired spot of social class the appreciate the obstacle’s of social mobility. There are many factors that affect the upward and downward social mobility on the social ladder. These factors revolve on intergenerational mobility and structural mobility which sets up the beginning of where people go from, with these two they hold whether you’re going to up or down. There is always movement on…