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Background This quarter we critically examine
the belief that U.S society is a meritocracy
where social mobility and status attainment are
determined solely by talent, hard work, ambition,
and perseverance. In general, we as a society are
comfortable with inequality as long as it is the
outcome of a fair competition our acceptance
tends to rest on the assumption that everyone has
an equal opportunity to succeed, so a persons
lack of success can be attributable only to that
person, and not to the society as a whole.
Because of our commitment to the ideals of
competition and meritocracy, policies aimed at
reducing inequality have primarily been aimed at
ensuring that everyone enters the competition
(for jobs and the valued rewards of society) with
equal advantages and disadvantages, i.e.,
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