Meritocracy

Instead of X's and O's, the Denver Broncos spent Tuesday talking about racial injustice, police brutality and healing a nation rocked by demonstrations over George Floyd's death in Minneapolis on top of the coronavirus outbreak and its economic devastation.Team president Joe Ellis addressed the offense and defense in separate Zoom…

IMAGE: A step closer to an efficient way of producing hydrogen so that we can finally do without fossil fuels and other energy sources that are harmful to our planet view more  Credit: Tokyo University of Science The ever-worsening global environmental crisis, coupled with the depletion of fossil fuels, has motivated…

The job losses resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic have turned the job market on its head. (Rawpixel pic)For the best part of a decade, strong economic conditions have resulted in extremely low unemployment and the demand for candidates has outstripped supply. However, in March this year that dynamic was reversed.…

Against the backdrop of the nationwide protests over George Floyd’s death, Denver Broncos head coach Vic Fangio said Tuesday that he doesn’t think discrimination is a problem in the NFL.“I think our problems in the NFL along those lines are minimal,” Fangio said in a digital news conference. “We're a…

The burden of identifying systemic racism and oppression shouldn't fall on people of colour, says a Vancouver-based labour relations specialist, who adds white people need to also take responsibility.A peaceful demonstration against anti-black racism in Vancouver over the weekend drew thousands of people. (Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press)The burden of identifying systemic racism…

The image of then-Minneapolis police Officer Tou Thao, a Hmong American, standing with his back turned as a white officer knelt on George Floyd's neck has ignited a discussion about how to approach the topic of anti-blackness in the Asian American community.Thao, who has a history of being involved in…

Stick to sports? No chance. Athlete voices have never been louder.More than ever, our sporting heroes are leading the way for social justice, taking the platform their fame provides and using it to amplify issues that matter. In these awful days of unrest since the death of unarmed Black man…

Bertrand Bonello, director of such sensual films as House of Pleasures, Saint Laurent, and pointy, up-to-date social critique Nocturama, dabbles here in the zombie movie genre and turns it into a cautionary tale in the post-colonial, multi-ethnic France. It's an interesting investigation that is more in line with Jacques Tourneur's…

We often encourage women to act like men, but are they are good role model? Getty My latest book touched a nerve, generating passionate comments and reactions. It’s a book that people seem to love or hate, especially when they haven’t read it. This is arguably because of the title,…

Bell, Phil (2020) The meritocracy trap – book review. LSE Business Review (05 Apr 2020). Blog Entry. Text (businessreview_2020-04-05-the-meritocracy-trap-book) - Published Version Download (96kB) https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/2... Abstract Rather than aiding social mobility, the concept of meritocracy is the greatest obstacle to equal opportunities in the US today - reviewed by Phil…