Merit is an inherently racist construct which promotes and advantages exclusively, those who practice WHITE SUPREMACISM.

Of course it does.

/sarc off


This edict is coming out of WOKE, LEFTIST, HUMANIST academia, 2020, so it must be correct [i.e. an UNCHANGEABLE, immutable meme] !

And anyone who say's different,     .....will be 'cancelled', as a promoter of racism and oppression !!



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SF Board Of Education Commissioner: Merit Is ‘An Inherently Racist Construct Designed And Centered On White Supremacist Framing’ By  Hank Berrien Oct 16, 2020 In a series of social media posts this week, a commissioner for the San Francisco Board of Education declared that “merit” is “an inherently racist construct designed and centered on white supremacist framing.” She added, “We racially code our world based on implied beliefs that privilege whiteness.” ......

https://www.dailywire.com/news/sf-board-of-education-commissioner-merit-is-an-inherently-racist-construct-designed-and-centered-on-white-supremacist-framing



“We racially code our world based on implied beliefs that privilege whiteness.”



QUESTION;
When was the last moon walk conducted by a nation on the African continent ?


QUESTION;
Did an African explorer discover the Americas ?



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ARGUMENT;
It is the [social] culture, which provides the [social] environment for human excellence [or not!], imo.

That statement does not come from a 'RACIST' pov.

It is the truth.


QUESTION;
Why do fools relish wallowing in their own foolishness [conceit] ?


The      ANSWER;
.....is self evident.




Psalms 12:8
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.


Proverbs 14:34
Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.


"Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow."
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman



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Stupid, 'progressive' Americans.



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Signs everywhere,   ...in our societies.


Isaiah 1:5
Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
6  From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
7  Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.


Isaiah 1:21
How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
22  Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:
23  Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.


Isaiah 3:11
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
12  As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.


Isaiah 48:16
Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.
17  Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
18  O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

HERE WE GO !!!!!

We now see an example of how 'social fairness' [read, 'racial fairness'] is going to be adjudicated,
AND BY WHOM !!!





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https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2020/10/Classroom.jpg


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Major California School District To Fight Alleged Racism By Changing Grading System By  Eric Quintanar Oct 18, 2020 The second largest public school district in California has approved major changes to the grading-scale system in order to fight alleged racism in the classroom. According to NBC-7, San Diego Unified School District approved major changes to the grading system earlier this week, including a switch to grading students based on mastery of the material instead of on an average grade calculated throughout the year. Data provided by the school district shows that black students receive a D or an F grade 20% of the time while white students only receive a D or an F grade 7% of the time. Asian students in the district receive them even less often, reports La Jolla Light. “This is part of our honest reckoning as a school district,” said Richard Barrera, vice president of the SDUSD. “If we’re actually going to be an anti-racist school district, we have to confront practices like this that have gone on for years and years.” Anti-racism, as popularized by the left-wing author Ibram Kendi, purports that everything should be analyzed in terms of race and disparity. For example, if a school district policy yields worse outcomes for black students than white students, it is racist, and ought be replaced with an “anti-racist” policy — one that can eliminate the disparity. ......

https://www.dailywire.com/news/major-california-school-district-to-fight-alleged-racism-by-changing-grading-system



A subjective assessment of students          ....made by a WOKE, LEFTIST teacher is going to be       even fairer,       than paying attention to the grades of individual students, calculated throughout the year.

Of course it is !!

And what could possibly go wrong !!?

And how could a system like this possibly introduce unfairness and bias against people of the wrong skin colour,
when it will be administered by teachers belonging to the 'WOKE POLICE' !!?

/sarc off




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Psalms 12:8
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.


Psalms 146:8
The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:


Proverbs 12:17
He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness...


Proverbs 14:34
Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.



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Hating truth and hating the open expression of what is true, is a 'sin' and it is a serious flaw in any persons psyche, imo.

Those persons within a nation, which engage in such conduct [i.e. suppress truth telling],
can't blame anyone except persons like themselves, when the despot and the dictator rises,
and their safety and their freedoms are gone.




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"If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear."
- George Orwell


"The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it."
- George Orwell


"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
- George Orwell            [even if this quote is mis-attributed to Orwell, the pursuit of truth remains a great virtue]


"If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought."
- George Orwell


"England is perhaps the only great country whose intellectuals are ashamed of their own nationality."
- George Orwell


"I consider that willingness to criticize Russia and Stalin is the test of intellectual honesty."
- George Orwell, to his friend John Middleton Murry, a wartime pacifist


"Nothing is gained by teaching a parrot a new word. What is needed is the right to print what one believes to be true, without having to fear bullying or blackmail from any side."
- George Orwell
ideology vs. truth


"To admit that an opponent might be both honest and intelligent is felt to be intolerable.
It is more immediately satisfying to shout that he is a fool or a scoundrel, or both, than to find out what he is really like."
- George Orwell


There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation.
- Herbert Spencer


"There are two ways to be fooled [deceived].
One way is to believe what is not true.
The other is to refuse to accept what is true."
- Soren Kierkegaard

My Aim is to one day read 10% of the words you post.



Quote:

Merit is an inherently racist construct

This is typically true in a lot of cases but not only based on colour - Merit is a flawed concept in general almost impossible to ascertain and seldom genuinely used.

The fact is that people honestly believe that people they like perform well and just as earnestly believe people they do not like so much are not good performers. Neither relates in any way to actual performance or ability race or religion.

This surpasses racism, White People who in general try their best to not be racist may still have a personal preference for white people in terms of general friendship.

This is enough to sway the equation to the point where they are unfortunate that in all their interactions the white person has just happened to have been the one with merit on their side. Attractive people also do better on the same basis as do people with similar belief systems.

It is a fact that the guy who drinks black beer with the boss gets the promotion and it is based on merit even if performance indicators disagree.

Dnarever wrote on Oct 18^th, 2020 at 11:47am:

....Merit is a flawed concept in general almost impossible to ascertain and seldom genuinely used.

That argument is bull shite.

When you go to the supermarket, i'll wager, that you like your fruit to have 'merit'.

And, that you refuse to select bruised, over-ripe or spoiled fruit.

Dnarever,

That makes you discriminatory, and a fruit racist.



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Dnarever wrote on Oct 18^th, 2020 at 11:47am:

....The fact is that people honestly believe   that people they like   perform well and just as earnestly believe   people they do not like   so much are not good performers. Neither relates in any way to actual performance or ability race or religion.

Dnarever,

Again, that is a bull shite argument.

SELECTING FOR MERIT, isn't about [a criteria of,] 'which people' [to select].

It isn't about selecting 'people'.

It isn't     ABOUT     a white person, or a brown person, or a yellow person [being 'selected'].



ARGUMENT;
SELECTING FOR MERIT, is about   OBSERVABLE   values and   OBSERVABLE   standards.

i.e.
When i go to the supermarket, and i reject spoiled fruit, i'm exercising discrimination [choice!].

Because, i want my fruit to have 'merit'.




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Yadda said
http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1576731498/23#23

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It is our God given right [or the right of every self-aware being] to 'discriminate' in this life. To have the right, to choose one thing, over another. And the world around us, to varying degrees, will judge us, for our choices. Having     the SKILL,     to recognise and to value [i.e. to appreciate] the difference [between different things and different personal traits and personal 'inclinations'], is called 'discrimination'. Dictionary; discrimination = = 1 the action of discriminating against people. 2 recognition and understanding of the difference between one thing and another.       good judgement or taste. Dictionary; discriminating = = having or showing good taste or judgement. . Yadda said.... http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1514959351/11#11 [quote] Merit is a social construct. When i'm in the supermarket, i won't select bruised, over-ripe or spoiled fruit. I like my fruit to have 'merit'. I'm discriminatory, when it comes to my fruit selection. That makes me a fruit racist. Which is also a social construct. We shouldn't choose the make up of our national sporting teams on merit. We should select 2 whites ones, and 2 yellow ones, and 6 brown ones. Because everyone has equal merit. Thats why no 'country shopping' Vietnamese are rushing the Somali border, to get in. But why 'country shopping' Vietnamese are trying to sneak across the UK border. .....because Somalia and the UK have equal merits, as places to be desired, to live in. .....which is an absurd assertion. And when i go to the supermarket later in the week to restock my larder, i'm still going to reject bruised, over-ripe or spoiled fruit. Because its the     discriminatory      thing to do.

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Yadda said somewhere.....

Quote:

"We are all the same. And there is no difference between us.", is the mantra that the humanists keep repeating. But don't believe it! Because it is our personal value systems [that have formed within us, from childhood until adulthood], which define who we are, as individuals. And it is the - individual - which helps to define [the nature and the character of] his immediate 'environment' [i.e. the nature and the character of his community], and it is the collection of [those] communities [within a nation] that define the nature and character of a nation.

[/quote]

I don't know who was worse for lengthy over-worked posts?
Yadda or It_is_the_Light? :-/

I was wrong, I didn't see the inference that Merit was being applied to fruit in a racist manner ?

My bad.


Quote:

When you go to the supermarket, i'll wager, that you like your fruit to have 'merit'.

Have to admit that I have never assessed fruit in terms of merit. My bad I must be doing it wrong.

I should have said that in older telecommunications systems a discriminating repeater wasn't a bad thing. A true statement but irrelevant. just like your fruit.

I see no argument to justify a discussion on fruit racism.

Dnarever wrote on Oct 19^th, 2020 at 8:47pm:

I was wrong, I didn't see the inference that Merit was being applied to fruit in a racist manner ? My bad. Quote: When you go to the supermarket, i'll wager, that you like your fruit to have 'merit'. Have to admit that I have never assessed fruit in terms of merit. My bad I must be doing it wrong. I should have said that in older telecommunications systems a discriminating repeater wasn't a bad thing. A true statement but irrelevant. just like your fruit. I see no argument to justify a discussion on fruit racism.

I expected no less from you.

Dnarever wrote on Oct 18^th, 2020 at 11:47am:

This surpasses racism, White People who in general try their best to not be racist may still have a personal preference for white people in terms of general friendship.

So white people just can't help being racist? And how dare they have personal preferences!

Setanta wrote on Oct 23^rd, 2020 at 8:36pm:

Dnarever wrote on Oct 18th, 2020 at 11:47am: This surpasses racism, White People who in general try their best to not be racist may still have a personal preference for white people in terms of general friendship. So white people just can't help being racist? And how dare they have personal preferences!

Set,

It is much worse than that.

Like many other people, i have white skin.

There is no 'redemption' for people like myself.

My 'whiteness' is an un-shed-able burden to me !

I'm a, RACIST !

Ask any tinted person [or WOKE white person].



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WWW search.....
people who are white, are inherently racist


Dictionary;
inherent = = existing in something as a permanent or essential attribute.


WWW search.....
critical race theory, white, racist




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Quote:

Definition According to the UCLA School of Public Affairs:[10]     CRT recognizes that racism is engrained in the fabric and system of the American society. The individual racist need not exist to note that institutional racism is pervasive in the dominant culture. This is the analytical lens that CRT uses in examining existing power structures. CRT identifies that these power structures are based on white privilege and white supremacy, which perpetuates the marginalization of people of color.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_race_theory#Definition


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Quote:

Whiteness as property From the CRT perspective, the white skin that some Americans possess is akin to owning a piece of property, in that it grants privileges to the owner that a renter (in this case, a person of color) would not be afforded.[32] Cheryl I. Harris and Gloria Ladson-Billings describe this notion of whiteness as property, whereby whiteness is the ultimate property that whites alone can possess; valuable just like property. The property functions of whiteness – i.e., rights to disposition; rights to use and enjoyment, reputation, and status property; and the absolute right to exclude – make the American dream more likely and attainable for whites as citizens.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_race_theory#Whiteness_as_property


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And,     'CRITICAL RACE THEORY'      is what is being taught in Western schools today, to our children !!!

WICKED, EVIL.


Designed to topple [politically undermine] Western nations from within.

MARXISTS !

Mathematics is racist in Oregon  (yes, the wokeiest woke place in the universe)


The Oregon Department of Education (ODE) recently encouraged teachers to register for training that encourages “ethnomathematics” and argues, among other things, that White supremacy manifests itself in the focus on finding the right answer.

An ODE newsletter sent last week advertises a Feb. 21 “Pathway to Math Equity Micro-Course,” which is designed for middle school teachers to make use of a toolkit for “dismantling racism in mathematics.” The event website identifies the event as a partnership between California’s San Mateo County Office of Education, The Education Trust-West and others.

Part of the toolkit includes a list of ways “white supremacy culture” allegedly “infiltrates math classrooms.” Those include “the focus is on getting the ‘right’ answer,” students being “required to ‘show their work,'” and other alleged manifestations.

“The concept of mathematics being purely objective is unequivocally false, and teaching it is even much less so,” the document for the “Equitable Math” toolkit reads. “Upholding the idea that there are always right and wrong answers perpetuate objectivity as well as fear of open conflict.”



When 2+2=4 is white supremacist - what isn't?

The falsifying, deforming of language and thought is the primary tool of progressives.

Yadda wrote on Oct 17^th, 2020 at 11:02pm:

Merit is an inherently racist construct which promotes and advantages For whites. Of course it does. /sarc off

Merit in most cases is a meaningless term. It would be more correct to say opinion of merit.

Any merit based decision hardly ever in fact is merit based. It is mostly based of flawed opinion of merit. This can lead to genuine merit based decisions always favouring one group over another.

People very much tend to firmly believe that people they like perform well. (whether they do or not). People also believe that people they do not like perform poorly with the range in between. It is almost impossible for people to see past this inbuilt positioning.

This in fact can and does impact black people working in white environments and white people working in black environments as it applies to homosexual v Heterosexual work environments, Male v Female etc.

Has anyone not seen a work environment where there is a known pecking order of favouritism based on supposed merit yet a change in team management sees the pecking order turned on its head.

I will give you a clue what happened isn't that the good performers all became poor performers and the poor performers all became good performers. The only thing that changed was the opinion or rating of the same performance the opinion of merit changed with no variation to actual performance based merit.

This is that the guy or girl black or white hetro or home who previously had performance based merit no longer does but a person who previously had no merit now has it and this all happens without performance changing, the only change is in opinion.

Dnarever wrote on Feb 14^th, 2021 at 10:03am:

Yadda wrote on Oct 17th, 2020 at 11:02pm: Merit is an inherently racist construct which promotes and advantages For whites. Of course it does. /sarc off Merit in most cases is a meaningless term. It would be more correct to say opinion of merit. Any merit based decision hardly ever in fact is merit based. It is mostly based of flawed opinion of merit. This can lead to genuine merit based decisions always favouring one group over another. People very much tend to firmly believe that people they like perform well. (whether they do or not). People also believe that people they do not like perform poorly with the range in between. It is almost impossible for people to see past this inbuilt positioning. This in fact can and does impact black people working in white environments and white people working in black environments as it applies to homosexual v Heterosexual work environments, Male v Female etc. Has anyone not seen a work environment where there is a known pecking order of favouritism based on supposed merit yet a change in team management sees the pecking order turned on its head. I will give you a clue what happened isn't that the good performers all became poor performers and the poor performers all became good performers. The only thing that changed was the opinion or rating of the same performance the opinion of merit changed with no variation to actual performance based merit. This is that the guy or girl black or white hetro or home who previously had performance based merit no longer does but a person who previously had no merit now has it and this all happens without performance changing, the only change is in opinion.

Your argument has zero merit.

What country is this?

https://penrith-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/gallery/swimming-carnival-2021.html#Swimming%20Carnival%202021-1

Yeah.....rightttttttttttttt

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This poison is spreading





In her blueprint, [Tigard-Tualatin School District Director of Equity and Inclusion, Zinnia Un] describes the new oppressor as an amalgamation of “whiteness,” “colour-blindness,” “individualism,” and “meritocracy”… For Un, they are the values of white society, the primary impediment to social justice.

What is the solution to pathological whiteness? According to Un and the Tigard-Tualatin School District, the answer lies with a new form of “white identity development.” In a series of “antiracist resources” provided to teachers, the Department of Equity and Inclusion includes a handful of strategies for this identity transformation… Couched in the language of professional development, the process assumes that whites are born “racist,” even if they “don’t purposely or consciously act in a racist way.” The first step in the training document is “contact,” defined as confronting whites with “active racism or real-world experiences that highlight their whiteness.” The goal is to provoke an emotional rupture that brings the subject to the next step, “disintegration,” in which he or she feels intense “white guilt” and “white shame,” and admits: “I feel bad for being white.”
https://www.city-journal.org/critical-race-theory-portland-public-schools


This malicious bile is spreading everywhere.

In the name of combatting “systemic racism,” a Minnesota middle school no longer will allow teachers to give students a grade of “F.” An “F” now will be designated an “I” for “incomplete, and teachers also will not be able to assign a grade lower than 50 percent to any student.


Also, “behaviours, attitude, [and] tardiness” will no longer be permitted to have bearing on grades. Because indulging misbehaviour and classroom disruption, and surly attitudes, and a chronic disregard Ford's doing things on time - and by extension, a disregard for others - can only improve the life chances of minority students.

https://www.thecollegefix.com/minnesota-school-no-longer-gives-grades-of-f-because-of-systemic-racism/

As  Rod Liddle noted, "This is a war against intelligence, complexity and the acquisition of knowledge. The insistence that maths and physics, for example, underpin ‘white supremacy’ — very au courant, especially in the United States — is based simply on the fact that too few black students get the requisite grades in those subjects to study them at university. And so the demand is: make them easier, make them more intuitive. This culture war is a battle between the enlightened and the barbarians. Right now, the barbarians are winning."  https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-war-against-intelligence

The new white man’s burden: the tinted are not improvable and 'helpful' whites will help them stay that way:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FGMqgsPXwAI3wQm?.jpg

The new white man’s burden: the tinted are not improvable and 'helpful' whites will help them stay that way:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FGMqgsPXwAI3wQm?.jpg

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Merit is an inherently racist construct

Merit is virtually non existent, impossible to measure and an extraordinary amount of the time is code for the person that is most liked by the person making the assessment.

Both a meaningless and useless measure of nothing of value.

Often used to justify making the decision that was always the intention.

Note this is not really corrupt it turns out that people do actually belive that people they like perform well even if they don't. The opposite is also true of people you don't like.

The sad part is.
Like Australia, the dark gene is inherently lazy.
You can throw all manner of help, assistance, guidance and money at them and still get the exact same result.

Simply because they are either too lazy or too stupid to take advantage of it.

Dnarever wrote on Dec 10^th, 2021 at 6:02pm:

Quote: Merit is an inherently racist construct Merit is virtually non existent, impossible to measure and an extraordinary amount of the time is code for the person that is most liked by the person making the assessment. Both a meaningless and useless measure of nothing of value. Often used to justify making the decision that was always the intention. Note this is not really corrupt it turns out that people do actually belive that people they like perform well even if they don't. The opposite is also true of people you don't like.

This is so stupid that not even Bbwian would say it.

So where you are in life has nothing to do with you, your actions, your application, discipline, values, duckwit. Nothing you do, whether well or badly, has any consequence. It is all out of your hands.

Quack, quack.

Frank wrote on Oct 5^th, 2021 at 2:02pm:

In the name of combatting “systemic racism,” a Minnesota middle school no longer will allow teachers to give students a grade of “F.” An “F” now will be designated an “I” for “incomplete, and teachers also will not be able to assign a grade lower than 50 percent to any student. Also, “behaviours, attitude, [and] tardiness” will no longer be permitted to have bearing on grades. Because indulging misbehaviour and classroom disruption, and surly attitudes, and a chronic disregard Ford's doing things on time - and by extension, a disregard for others - can only improve the life chances of minority students. https://www.thecollegefix.com/minnesota-school-no-longer-gives-grades-of-f-because-of-systemic-racism/

!!!!!

Am i mad ?

Don't answer that !      [.....pokes tongue out at you!]


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I'm waiting for BLM, PC and WOKE, to all declare that, that bright thing in the sky, is racist,
for shining too much light on what 'some' people are doing [incorrectly, wrong], and thereby, bringing condemnation upon their error and foolishness.

Racist !!!


"Reading, Writing and Math, require adequate light, for people to be able to reason, that their conclusions and their efforts are correct."

"But if there wasn't any light,     ....we could all live in darkness, and we could all be deemed to be equally correct,
even students of colour!"
[.....pokes tongue out at you!]



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John 3:19
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20  For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
21  But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

Yadda wrote on Oct 19^th, 2020 at 9:17am:

Dnarever wrote on Oct 18th, 2020 at 11:47am: ....Merit is a flawed concept in general almost impossible to ascertain and seldom genuinely used. That argument is bull shite. When you go to the supermarket, i'll wager, that you like your fruit to have 'merit'. And, that you refuse to select bruised, over-ripe or spoiled fruit. Dnarever, That makes you discriminatory, and a fruit racist. . Dnarever wrote on Oct 18th, 2020 at 11:47am: ....The fact is that people honestly believe   that people they like   perform well and just as earnestly believe   people they do not like   so much are not good performers. Neither relates in any way to actual performance or ability race or religion. Dnarever, Again, that is a bull shite argument. SELECTING FOR MERIT, isn't about [a criteria of,] 'which people' [to select]. It isn't about selecting 'people'. It isn't     ABOUT     a white person, or a brown person, or a yellow person [being 'selected']. ARGUMENT; SELECTING FOR MERIT, is about   OBSERVABLE   values and   OBSERVABLE   standards. i.e. When i go to the supermarket, and i reject spoiled fruit, i'm exercising discrimination [choice!]. Because, i want my fruit to have 'merit'.

Your current argument about fruit is significantly diverged from the original post talking about those who practice WHITE SUPREMACISM etc. 

Yes discrimination can be good, necessary etc when applied to other things.

A discriminating repeater was needed. Every time you dial a phone number you have discriminated against maybe 3 billion other numbers but I am sure it is not what anyone meant when associating discrimination with white nationalists.

Dnarever wrote on Dec 10^th, 2021 at 6:02pm:

Quote: Merit is an inherently racist construct Merit is virtually non existent, impossible to measure and an extraordinary amount of the time is code for the person that is most liked by the person making the assessment. Both a meaningless and useless measure of nothing of value.

I would contend that i can often recognise it when i see it [merit].

And it has nothing to do with the colour of a persons skin.

But imo, it almost always, has to do with the choices that a person has made and continues to make, every day.



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"Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay."
- Sallust / Bits & Pieces


"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.


Why It's Called Made In America
Principles to Live By - 1942
1.  You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
2.  You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong
3.  You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich.
4.  You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
5.  You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence.
6.  You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.
7.  You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
8.  You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.
9.  You cannot establish security on borrowed money.
10  You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they will not do for themselves.

William J. H. Boetcker, Presbyterian minister, 1942 Source: TruthOrFiction
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/l/lincoln-quotes.htm


Proverbs 14:34
Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.


"Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow."
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman


To ignore evil is to become an accomplice to it.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.


"There are only two races in the world, the decent and the indecent."
Victor Frankl - Nazi Holocaust survivor


"Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil."
- Thomas Mann


“We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise.
We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.”
- The Abolition of Man, by C.S. Lewis


We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
- Aristotle


"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."
- Professor Dumbledore
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Dnarever wrote on Dec 10^th, 2021 at 6:51pm:

Your current argument about fruit is significantly diverged from the original post talking about those who practice WHITE SUPREMACISM etc.

Wow !!!

LOL !!

Dnarever,

Please re-read my OP.

But more meditatively, this time.         .....because i assure you, i must have omitted including a few sarcasm markers.



But i can declare to you, i do not 'believe in' "WHITE SUPREMACISM etc".

But i do hold personal merit [in others], in high regard.



Dnarever,

QUESTION;
Is their a lot of merit being exhibited by many, many people on a continent like Africa ?

I would argue;  No there doesn't appear to be.

But personally, i do not attribute that circumstance [the lack of merit] to persons, in Africa, because of the colour of their skin.

I would argue, that merit [or lack of it], in a group [or nation] of people,
has much more to do WITH THE CULTURE, which is predominant in that locale, and being practiced, by the locals.


Does that 'discrimination', make me a racist ?



culture = =
1 the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.      a refined understanding or appreciation of this.
2 the customs, institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or group.

Frank wrote on Dec 10^th, 2021 at 6:34pm:

Dnarever wrote on Dec 10th, 2021 at 6:02pm: Quote: Merit is an inherently racist construct Merit is virtually non existent, impossible to measure and an extraordinary amount of the time is code for the person that is most liked by the person making the assessment. Both a meaningless and useless measure of nothing of value. Often used to justify making the decision that was always the intention. Note this is not really corrupt it turns out that people do actually belive that people they like perform well even if they don't. The opposite is also true of people you don't like. This is so stupid that not even Bbwian would say it. So where you are in life has nothing to do with you, your actions, your application, discipline, values, duckwit. Nothing you do, whether well or badly, has any consequence. It is all out of your hands. Quack, quack.

No I have routinely over my life been the one attributed to have merit.

I have both won on the merit game when I should have lost and lost when I should have won as well as the other 2 options.

I have also been caught out myself when awarding on merit which is the reason I know about the trap.                            

Dnarever wrote on Dec 10^th, 2021 at 7:41pm:

Frank wrote on Dec 10th, 2021 at 6:34pm: Dnarever wrote on Dec 10th, 2021 at 6:02pm: Quote: Merit is an inherently racist construct Merit is virtually non existent, impossible to measure and an extraordinary amount of the time is code for the person that is most liked by the person making the assessment. Both a meaningless and useless measure of nothing of value. Often used to justify making the decision that was always the intention. Note this is not really corrupt it turns out that people do actually belive that people they like perform well even if they don't. The opposite is also true of people you don't like. This is so stupid that not even Bbwian would say it. So where you are in life has nothing to do with you, your actions, your application, discipline, values, duckwit. Nothing you do, whether well or badly, has any consequence. It is all out of your hands. Quack, quack. No I have routinely over my life been the one attributed to have merit. I have both won on the merit game when I should have lost and lost when I should have won as well as the other 2 options. I have also been caught out myself when awarding on merit which is the reason I know about the trap.

Bollocks on stilts.

Frank wrote on Dec 10^th, 2021 at 6:34pm:

Dnarever wrote on Dec 10th, 2021 at 6:02pm: Quote: Merit is an inherently racist construct Merit is virtually non existent, impossible to measure and an extraordinary amount of the time is code for the person that is most liked by the person making the assessment. Both a meaningless and useless measure of nothing of value. Often used to justify making the decision that was always the intention. Note this is not really corrupt it turns out that people do actually belive that people they like perform well even if they don't. The opposite is also true of people you don't like. This is so stupid that not even Bbwian would say it. So where you are in life has nothing to do with you, your actions, your application, discipline, values, duckwit. Nothing you do, whether well or badly, has any consequence. It is all out of your hands. Quack, quack.

Not to worry Frank - I would have been surprised had you understood.

Never said any of what you just posted. Merit is far from the only aspect. It is just that by itself merit is pretty much a useless and meaningless metric a lot of the time. It is so unreliable and inaccurate that  there is little point.

I have seen too many times where the guy who drinks black beer with the OIC on Friday afternoon is the guy who gets the job deserved or not so much. Its just a fact like it or not. They always say it is merit but it isn't unless you consider that drinking black beer is a meritorious partaking?

Frank wrote on Dec 10^th, 2021 at 8:48pm:

Dnarever wrote on Dec 10th, 2021 at 7:41pm: Frank wrote on Dec 10th, 2021 at 6:34pm: Dnarever wrote on Dec 10th, 2021 at 6:02pm: Quote: Merit is an inherently racist construct Merit is virtually non existent, impossible to measure and an extraordinary amount of the time is code for the person that is most liked by the person making the assessment. Both a meaningless and useless measure of nothing of value. Often used to justify making the decision that was always the intention. Note this is not really corrupt it turns out that people do actually belive that people they like perform well even if they don't. The opposite is also true of people you don't like. This is so stupid that not even Bbwian would say it. So where you are in life has nothing to do with you, your actions, your application, discipline, values, duckwit. Nothing you do, whether well or badly, has any consequence. It is all out of your hands. Quack, quack. No I have routinely over my life been the one attributed to have merit. I have both won on the merit game when I should have lost and lost when I should have won as well as the other 2 options. I have also been caught out myself when awarding on merit which is the reason I know about the trap.                             Bollocks on stilts.

I hope you don't believe there is any merit in your posts because you would be disappointed by the truth.

Dnarever wrote on Dec 10^th, 2021 at 10:44pm:

Frank wrote on Dec 10th, 2021 at 8:48pm: Dnarever wrote on Dec 10th, 2021 at 7:41pm: Frank wrote on Dec 10th, 2021 at 6:34pm: Dnarever wrote on Dec 10th, 2021 at 6:02pm: Quote: Merit is an inherently racist construct Merit is virtually non existent, impossible to measure and an extraordinary amount of the time is code for the person that is most liked by the person making the assessment. Both a meaningless and useless measure of nothing of value. Often used to justify making the decision that was always the intention. Note this is not really corrupt it turns out that people do actually belive that people they like perform well even if they don't. The opposite is also true of people you don't like. This is so stupid that not even Bbwian would say it. So where you are in life has nothing to do with you, your actions, your application, discipline, values, duckwit. Nothing you do, whether well or badly, has any consequence. It is all out of your hands. Quack, quack. No I have routinely over my life been the one attributed to have merit. I have both won on the merit game when I should have lost and lost when I should have won as well as the other 2 options. I have also been caught out myself when awarding on merit which is the reason I know about the trap.                             Bollocks on stilts. I hope you don't believe there is any merit in your posts because you would be disappointed by the truth.

You are confusing the idea of merit - being good at something, applying yourself, being conscientious, deserving - with corruption.

Yadda wrote on Dec 10^th, 2021 at 6:52pm:

Dnarever wrote on Dec 10th, 2021 at 6:02pm: Quote: Merit is an inherently racist construct Merit is virtually non existent, impossible to measure and an extraordinary amount of the time is code for the person that is most liked by the person making the assessment. Both a meaningless and useless measure of nothing of value. I would contend that i can often recognise it when i see it [merit]. And it has nothing to do with the colour of a persons skin. But imo, it almost always, has to do with the choices that a person has made and continues to make, every day. . "Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay." - Sallust / Bits & Pieces "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." - Martin Luther King, Jr. Why It's Called Made In America Principles to Live By - 1942 1.  You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. 2.  You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong 3.  You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich. 4.  You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. 5.  You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence. 6.  You cannot help small men by tearing down big men. 7.  You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. 8.  You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income. 9.  You cannot establish security on borrowed money. 10  You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they will not do for themselves. William J. H. Boetcker, Presbyterian minister, 1942 Source: TruthOrFiction http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/l/lincoln-quotes.htm Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. "Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow." - Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman To ignore evil is to become an accomplice to it. - Martin Luther King, Jr. "There are only two races in the world, the decent and the indecent." Victor Frankl - Nazi Holocaust survivor "Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil." - Thomas Mann “We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.” - The Abolition of Man, by C.S. Lewis We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. - Aristotle "It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." - Professor Dumbledore Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

That is perhaps one of the most insightful posts to date.

True in every respect and justifiably common sense to live by.

Unfortunately, it will be called racist, non-illusionist,  an attack on those on welfare and an abomination against the lazy bludgers of the world.

Valkie wrote on Dec 11^th, 2021 at 9:16am:

Yadda wrote on Dec 10th, 2021 at 6:52pm: Dnarever wrote on Dec 10th, 2021 at 6:02pm: Quote: Merit is an inherently racist construct Merit is virtually non existent, impossible to measure and an extraordinary amount of the time is code for the person that is most liked by the person making the assessment. Both a meaningless and useless measure of nothing of value. I would contend that i can often recognise it when i see it [merit]. And it has nothing to do with the colour of a persons skin. But imo, it almost always, has to do with the choices that a person has made and continues to make, every day . [quote]it has nothing to do with the colour of a persons skin.

I have seen situations where it has everything to do with skin colour.

But just as often it is not intentional many who get it wrong firmly believe what you have said is true.

People believe that the people they like perform well. It i just natural human behaviour people never realise that they do it and it has huge repercussions.   

Dnarever wrote on Dec 11^th, 2021 at 10:26am:

Valkie wrote on Dec 11th, 2021 at 9:16am: Yadda wrote on Dec 10th, 2021 at 6:52pm: Dnarever wrote on Dec 10th, 2021 at 6:02pm: Quote: Merit is an inherently racist construct Merit is virtually non existent, impossible to measure and an extraordinary amount of the time is code for the person that is most liked by the person making the assessment. Both a meaningless and useless measure of nothing of value. I would contend that i can often recognise it when i see it [merit]. And it has nothing to do with the colour of a persons skin. But imo, it almost always, has to do with the choices that a person has made and continues to make, every day . [quote]it has nothing to do with the colour of a persons skin. I have seen situations where it has everything to do with skin colour. But just as often it is not intentional many who get it wrong firmly believe what you have said is true. People believe that the people they like perform well. It i just natural human behaviour people never realise that they do it and it has huge repercussions.

So Olympic champions, musical virtuosos, Victoria Cross recipients, first class honours, Nobel Prizes, birthday honours, social and community esteem - all unconscious racist bias.
Effort, excellence, application have nuffin' to do with nuffin'.   Yeah, right, duckwit

Frank wrote on Dec 11^th, 2021 at 12:24pm:

Dnarever wrote on Dec 11th, 2021 at 10:26am: Valkie wrote on Dec 11th, 2021 at 9:16am: Yadda wrote on Dec 10th, 2021 at 6:52pm: Dnarever wrote on Dec 10th, 2021 at 6:02pm: Quote: Merit is an inherently racist construct Merit is virtually non existent, impossible to measure and an extraordinary amount of the time is code for the person that is most liked by the person making the assessment. Both a meaningless and useless measure of nothing of value. I would contend that i can often recognise it when i see it [merit]. And it has nothing to do with the colour of a persons skin. But imo, it almost always, has to do with the choices that a person has made and continues to make, every day . [quote]it has nothing to do with the colour of a persons skin. I have seen situations where it has everything to do with skin colour. But just as often it is not intentional many who get it wrong firmly believe what you have said is true. People believe that the people they like perform well. It i just natural human behaviour people never realise that they do it and it has huge repercussions.    So Olympic champions, musical virtuosos, Victoria Cross recipients, first class honours, Nobel Prizes, birthday honours, social and community esteem - all unconscious racist bias. Effort, excellence, application have nuffin' to do with nuffin'.   Yeah, right, duckwit

Not specifically about the elite level and didn't say it is always about racial bias but it can be.

Certainly there is unconscious bias in the Olympic selection process and other aspects listed but I am looking mainly at the realistic workplace type of situation where it is rife to the point of being dominant.

How many times in a business do you see a team leader change and a few months later the order of employees in that group has completely changed. The guy who seemed to be the number 2 person in the group is now number 7 and the guy who was at the bottom of the list is now near to the top of the order.

These peoples skills didn't change only the leaders perception of their value is now completely different.

This happens all the time because 2 different leaders see a completely different pecking order both based on what they believe to be merit.

Semmie Williams, the 39-year-old Florida man accused of brutally killing 14-year-old Ryan Rogers in Palm Beach Gardens, allegedly used racially charged language during the intake process at a Palm Beach County jail.

Jailhouse records obtained by Fox News Digital show that on Dec. 2, Williams allegedly fought with officers, called one a "White devil," and suggested a motive behind the teen’s stabbing death.

"While fingerprinting his left hand, I asked him if he understood the charges," Officer Michael McCabe wrote in an incident report. "He stated, ‘Yea, murder, because of what they did to Black people about giving them syphilis.'"
https://www.foxnews.com/us/ryan-rogers-murder-semmie-williams-documents-suggest-racial-motive

https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2021/12/1862/1048/Ryan-Rogers-SEMMIE-LEE-WILLIAMS-JR.jpg

Just imagine if a white man murdered a black kid for being a black devil. Just imagine.

Frank wrote on Dec 11^th, 2021 at 2:18pm:

Semmie Williams, the 39-year-old Florida man accused of brutally killing 14-year-old Ryan Rogers in Palm Beach Gardens, allegedly used racially charged language during the intake process at a Palm Beach County jail. Jailhouse records obtained by Fox News Digital show that on Dec. 2, Williams allegedly fought with officers, called one a "White devil," and suggested a motive behind the teen’s stabbing death. "While fingerprinting his left hand, I asked him if he understood the charges," Officer Michael McCabe wrote in an incident report. "He stated, ‘Yea, murder, because of what they did to Black people about giving them syphilis.'" https://www.foxnews.com/us/ryan-rogers-murder-semmie-williams-documents-suggest-racial-motive https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2021/12/1862/1048/Ryan-Rogers-SEMMIE-LEE-WILLIAMS-JR.jpg Just imagine if a white man murdered a black kid for being a black devil. Just imagine.

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Semmie Williams, the 39-year-old Florida man accused of brutally killing 14-year-old Ryan Rogers in Palm Beach Gardens, allegedly used racially charged language during the intake process at a Palm Beach County jail.

Jailhouse records obtained by Fox News Digital show that on Dec. 2, Williams allegedly fought with officers, called one a "White devil," and suggested a motive behind the teen’s stabbing death.

"While fingerprinting his left hand, I asked him if he understood the charges," Officer Michael McCabe wrote in an incident report. "He stated, ‘Yea, murder, because of what they did to Black people about giving them syphilis.'"
https://www.foxnews.com/us/ryan-rogers-murder-semmie-williams-documents-suggest-racial-motive

https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2021/12/1862/1048/Ryan-Rogers-SEMMIE-LEE-WILLIAMS-JR.jpg

Just imagine if a white man murdered a black kid for being a black devil. Just imagine.

Lone wolf. His culture and beliefs have nothing to do with it.

Merit is an observable property in many things, people, tech, value.

Triple JJJ promoting black hatred songs of white people?

Songs that call white people 'white devils'

I see stratification is alive and well here

In Ontario it is now illegal to use a math test to make sure that math teachers know the material they would be teaching. Amazing stuff. The court itself wrote:

[1]           The Applicants seek judicial review of Ontario’s Mathematics Proficiency Test (“MPT”), a standardized math test that all teacher candidates must pass to become certified as teachers in Ontario. The Applicants seek a declaration that the MPT and the provisions requiring it violate s. 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (the “Charter”).

[2]           The question on this application is whether the MPT has a disproportionate adverse impact on entry to the teaching profession for racialized teacher candidates and if so, whether it can be justified under s. 1 of the Charter.

[3]           The evidence points to significant disparities in success rates of standardized testing based on race, including statistical evidence of racial disparities with respect to the MPT specifically. The deleterious effect on diversity is somewhat ameliorated by subsequent attempts available to retake the MPT.
https://kirkegaard.substack.com/p/those-unwanted-results-from-the-ontarios?s=r

Equity = roughly translates as equality of outcome regardless of inputs.


Portland Public Schools is workshopping new "equitable grading practices" that bar teachers from assigning "zeros" to students who cheat or fail to turn in assignments.

The district's initiative aims to address "racial disparities" and "inequities" in grading and instruction, a "journey" that the district began "during the pandemic," a handout reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon says. "Grading for equity," the handout states, includes eliminating "zeros" as a grade—even when a student cheats or fails to turn in a test or assignment. It also calls for no penalties for late work and no grades for both homework and "non-academic factors," such as "participation, attendance, effort, attitude, [and] behavior."

The new grading practices, which are expected to be implemented districtwide by 2025 after some classrooms adopted them last year, reflect left-wing efforts across the country to achieve "equitable outcomes" among all students. In California, for example, new equity-focused math curriculum guidelines aim to narrow the gap between gifted and non-gifted learners by abandoning "student tracking" practices that help accelerated learners access more advanced instruction.

Erika Sanzi, the outreach director at parental rights group Parents Defending Education, said Portland's "equitable grading practices" hurt both struggling and high-achieving students.

"These equitable grading policies, however well intended, are a disaster for the students who struggle most and for the students who need accelerated coursework," Sanzi told the Free Beacon.

Portland Public Schools declined to comment on its new grading practices.

The district's new "bias-resistant" grading initiative argues that teachers should assign grades "based on valid evidence of a student's content knowledge, not on evidence that … is likely to be influenced by a teacher's implicit bias or reflect a student's environment." Teachers who offer extra credit, give zeros for cheating, penalize late work, and dock students for poor attendance or classroom behavior may be guilty of such bias.

The initiative also calls to only "base grades on summative assessments, instead of classwork, homework, formative assessments, etc." Should a student cheat or fail to submit an assignment on time, teachers should provide a grade of at least 50 percent, the district handout outlining the initiative says. The initiative also calls to replace the typical "0-100" grading scale with a "0-4" scale.
https://freebeacon.com/campus/portland-school-district-workshops-equitable-grading-practices-that-outlaw-zeros-for-cheating-missing-work/

The re-primitivisation of Western societies is relentless and starts in schools.

They call it 'equity'.

A glimpse into the dystopian dysfunction of American inner city public education.

At Ballou High School in DC, only 3% of students are math proficient and only 5% reading proficient, and yet 70% graduate.

Annual cost: $25,412 per pupil.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GqrL6alWAAAT-cN?.jpg


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gqsg1PAXAAAuFkN?.jpg

Frank wrote on May 18^th, 2025 at 2:51pm:

They call it 'equity'. A glimpse into the dystopian dysfunction of American inner city public education. At Ballou High School in DC, only 3% of students are math proficient and only 5% reading proficient, and yet 70% graduate. Annual cost: $25,412 per pupil.

What a terrible school:

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/district-of-columbia/districts/district-of-columbia-public-schools/ballou-high-school-4645


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballou_High_School

Yadda wrote on Oct 17^th, 2020 at 11:02pm:

Merit is an inherently racist construct which promotes and advantages exclusively, those who practice WHITE SUPREMACISM. Of course it does. /sarc off

Of course not: merit is 'excellence, worth', etc, nothing to do with race. 

Ensuring access for those who can't afford tertiary education is a matter of equity.

Do try to keep up. 


(The rest of your typically long rant is GIGO)