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Re:How did American “wokeness” jump from elite schools to ev... by zozbot234 on Saturday September 04, 2021 @03:55PM (#28418499)
I'll give you Wall Street, but SV is very much a target of this Neo-Maoist craziness. And don't get me wrong, there are plenty of interesting problems wrt. how to improve diversity and equity in the industry, but politicized catchphrases like "there's no such thing as meritocracy" (a prime example of Orwellian duckspeak if there ever was one) are not conducive to this goal.
Re:How did American “wokeness” jump from elite schools to ev... by eli_gottlieb on Sunday September 05, 2021 @10:15AM (#28424511)
Well, if there's truly no such thing as meritocracy according to whichever tech company said that, I'd love if they could hire my disabled younger brother who never completed his degree for an engineering role! He can work remotely.
Re:How did American “wokeness” jump from elite schools to ev... by pseudalopex on Monday September 06, 2021 @04:32PM (#28437749)
Meritocracy was coined to satirize the concept.[1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rise_of_the_Meritocracy

Re:How did American “wokeness” jump from elite schools to ev... by Siira on Monday September 06, 2021 @05:51PM (#28438503)
The origins of a word don’t quite determine the physical reality of the ideas around it.
Re:How did American “wokeness” jump from elite schools to ev... by pseudalopex on Monday September 06, 2021 @06:39PM (#28438910)
Physical reality? What physical instrument measures merit?

The origin of the word shows criticism of the concept isn't just "Orwellian duckspeak".