> If you have a class of people (let's call them W) playing life in easy mode, and another class (let's call them B) playing life in hard more, then the fact th

> If you have a class of people (let's call them W) playing life in easy mode, and another class (let's call them B) playing life in hard more, then the fact that some people in class B still finish the game is irrelevant This isn't an effective analogy to describe the situation. Remember, on average meritocracy has been evening the playing field. Currently, some groups have less average success than others. But this isn't static. A variety of previously poor and underprivileged minorities have achieved success under the system of allocating opportunities based on capability or performance. Irish, Jewish Americans, Asians, Germans, Latin Americans, and others came to the US largely poor and underprivileged and have achieved success through the meritocratic system. Black that did not migrate willingly (as in, former slaves, indentured servants, etc) [1] and Native Americans have not. But a strong argument can be made that meritocracy works to even out social imbalances more often than it doesn't. And if we do away with meritocracy what are we going to substitute it with? Most proponents of genuinely disposing of meritocracy propose to substitute it with a system of essentially allocating opportunities on ethnic grounds. This is a terrible idea. If this happens then the route to success lies not in hard work but by politicking and trying to increase the opportunity budgeted to their race. Not to mention such a system would probably hurt poorer minorities who have less clout in politics. White Americans, which make up 60-80% of the population depending on the definition used, have enough votes to form a supermajority and direct all the resources to themselves. 1. There's some interesting nuance about Blacks in America. American Africans - as in, blacks who migrated to the US willingly - have seen large success. For example they graduate from college at twice the rate of native born white Americans: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_immigration_to_the_United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_immigration_to_the_U...