Myths of Meritocracy

Myths of Meritocracy

Thesis Statement

“Canada is not a meritocratic Society.

Introduction

Meritocracy ignores the facts and the privilege that people from marginalized groups are required to work hardest to gain some reward as compared to their upward mobile competitors. Under the umbrella of meritocracy, the cream rises to the top naturally, despite of the association or status and generations have been passed wherein, the cream were male and whites consistently. That was the recent case, when the world woke-up to the newsfeed that people in minority were not ready to accept the token slots that were assigned to them. However they were slowly and surely invading the campuses in forces, which dramatically shifted the demography away to middle higher education from male white. Meritocracy was raised with the promise of diversity (Berg & Ostry, 2011).

It has been perceived that the system of Canada is a meritocratic system or the society is meritocratic society, in which people can gain the status or influence as per their achievements or abilities instead of their social classes. This perception goes hand-in-hand with the Canadian/American dream that if anyone works hard together with right attitude, integrity and moral character, he/she is able to gain the success or achievements of the goals. However, as per the analysis of sociologists, the concept of meritocracy is a myth. We dwell in a society which denies the existence of inequality (Block & Galabuzi, 2010). In this paper, we will discuss study the concept of Meritocracy as a myth. Moreover, we will discuss the argument that Canada is not a meritocratic state by exploring social inequality and explaining how peoples positioning in the social categories. Furthermore, we will provide the support of the argument with the analysis of previous studies and primary facts about the country.

Discussion

People of Canada strongly resist viewing their society as claimed to be enriched with inequalities. In several model countries of this world including Canada, children are not considered equal to adults. Same is the case with women, blacks and poor. Women are not treat equally to men, neither blacks are treated equal to whites not poor are treated equal to wealthy. People of Canada are not born with similar opportunities of life. A large number of people, who come to this world, are not fortunate enough to have plenty of facilities to compete with the rest of the world because of scarcity of resources or opportunities. Ageism, sexism, racism and social class disparity are some of the major factors that play key role in affecting the opportunities of education, employment or lifestyle of someone. In Canadian society, these factors are prevalent to affect the opportunities of life for the people of Canada (Conference Board of Canada, 2011).

Canadian Society, Economy And People

In a capitalistic society like Canada, a large number of people consider that the inequalities of society are self inflicted as people from low income status merely opt for being lazy or they do not opt for having poor work ...