Ep. 06: "Merit"ocracy : The false promise of equal opportunity
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On an all-new episode of Uncle, Please Sit, former journalists and current comedy writers Joel Pereira and Tushar Abhichandani gear up to get more uncles to sit the F down. The myth they're talking about this week? The "merit"-ocracy. It seems like an obvious, common-sense idea, doesn't it?
A fair and equitable way to reward talent and aptitude? But scratch a few millimeters below the "surface of the "merit" and you begin to understand how its yet another way for the rich and privileged to hog all the opportunity, while maintaining the appearance of fairness and impartiality. Listen to know more..
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