Privilege Theory, the Politics of Envy, and the Bell Curve: Searching for Problems Instead of Looking for Answers

Several years back a company by the name of Canadian Tire – a weird amalgamation of Rona and Walmart, native to the frozen north – had an ad campaign which used the slogan “Where you end up has a lot to do with where you start.” I suppose this was meant to be inspirational, but it also contains a harsh reality: that the circumstances of your birth are going to have a lot of influence on where you go in life. The popular mythos of America claims otherwise – that Capitalism and Democracy are merit...