@headius For many people interested in diversity/feminism topics, the usage of the term “meritocracy” flips the bozo bit.
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@stilkov Indeed, and that's what I'm trying to understand. It seems that a few (or many) bad apples are being used as "proof".
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@headius The reasoning is that claims of being a meritocracy are often used to justify biases. I don’t think there’s more to it than that.

Jul 15, 2015 · 12:48 PM UTC

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@headius But if you become even more convinced the term is fine, you have exactly zero chance of convincing anybody who disagrees.
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@headius And you’ll get lots of agreement from people you don’t want it from. Trust me, been there, done that.
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