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Because these bad ideas are more widespread than you know.

If a video of the San Francisco School Board Commissioner saying "merit is racist" is not enough for you to recognize a growing problem, then good luck.

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You are focused on the wrong set of 'bad ideas'. Lack of civil liberties for certain groups in this country is what you should really be worried about. Meritocracy and the idea of an 'even playing field' is a myth. If you fail to recognize that the consequences of racial discrimination in all of its forms in America (Jim Crow, immigration quotas, reservations, over-policing of minorities, the war on drugs) affect us today, you might be the one not seeing things. Focus on uplifting people, not kicking them when they try to bring a voice to important issues. Here's a very good article about the subject:

https://aeon.co/ideas/a-belief-in-meritocracy-is-not-only-fa...

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