Emily Chang
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Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley
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2018
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“More fundamentally, meritocracy is impossible to achieve, because, as Young says, a meritocracy is always based on an imperfect definition of merit and often narrowly defined to favor training, connections, and education primarily available to the wealthy. Take Stanford. Because Stanford is filled with students with top high-school GPAs and SAT scores, administrators can pat themselves on the back and say, “We only admit the best students. We’re a meritocracy.” The students are encouraged to think similarly. But is it just a coincidence that the median annual family income of a Stanford student is $167,500 while the national median is roughly one-third that? Did those high-achieving students naturally get high SAT scores, or did they benefit from their parents’ paying for tutors and sending them to private schools? Privilege accumulates as you advance in life. If the college you attend is the basis of your future employment networks, then it is impossible to say that your employment success is solely based on merit.”
― Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley
― Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley
“Let’s pause for a second. The man who is one of the main architects of the culture of Silicon Valley in the last twenty years thinks giving women the right to vote has harmed democracy.”
― Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley
― Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley
“By lionizing the idea of meritocracy, Silicon Valley can deny that the lack of diversity is a problem.”
― Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley
― Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley
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