This never gets old and applies across the globe!
"Equal opportunity implies some amount of equality of condition; and equality of condition requires significant intervention by the state"
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"Equal opportunity implies some amount of equality of condition; and equality of condition requires significant intervention by the state"
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"As Theodore Dalrymple argued, “true equality of opportunity is unachievable — or could only be achieved through a level of social engineering that would make North Korea look like a paradise of laissez-faire.”..
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"How, then, can we truly know that we have completely eliminated the scourge of discrimination? "
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"For many liberals the answer is simple: when "historically marginalized groups" are proportionally represented in all important sectors of life and, we should add, not over-represented in the undesirable domains of life"
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"In other words, equal results — as applied to groups — become the measure of equal opportunities"
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"The rich and diverse tapestry of American life should be reflected in Congress, in the boardroom, and in the college classroom — but also in the detention hall, the courtroom, and the prison courtyard"
(applies across the world everyone wants proportional representation!)
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(applies across the world everyone wants proportional representation!)
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"This utopian goal appears possible to its advocates because they surmise that all the various identity groups — and their endless permutations and combinations — aspire to the same things"
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" Just as we cannot assume that discrimination never prevents some Americans from pursuing certain opportunities.."
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"..so too should we not assume that all groups desire to pursue the same opportunities at the same rates. Not all preferences are alike. Not all opportunities will be seized"
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"To vindicate the principle of equal opportunity by achieving a society that reflects American diversity in all venues, liberals tend to challenge the standards by which individuals are selected, promoted, or punished"
Familiar in India. Infact we have a headstart.
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Familiar in India. Infact we have a headstart.
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"They do so in one of two ways. The first approach calls for selection standards to be relaxed for certain groups so as to increase their likelihood of success. This line of reasoning provides justification for most affirmative-action programs"
Again familiar. Again headstart
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Again familiar. Again headstart
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"The second approach, by contrast, attacks the standards of selection themselves. Any policy is suspect if it has a "disparate impact" on certain groups — even if it is applied equally to all and even if it was adopted without any intention to discriminate"
Familiar!
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Familiar!
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"A focus on results will inevitably lead to some being denied a position because of their skin color or sex and others to obtain one simply because of their skin color or sex"
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"At this point, the contradiction between these practices and the meritocratic principle liberals claim to vindicate becomes apparent"
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"Liberals also recognize that the autonomy of the family poses an intractable problem to ensuring every child has the same chance to succeed. Although we are all born equal, we are not all born to equally good parents"
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"Though the race of life will never be completely fair, liberals still insist upon government programs that aim to help underprivileged children catch up with other"
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"At every stage of a child's life — from the womb, throughout childhood, and then onto adolescence — there should be a program in place to make up for the differences in family background"
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"To fully equalize opportunities and ensure all a fair shot in the race of life would require not only removing any limits upon the role of government, but also actively intruding upon the autonomy of the family"
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