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Merit Caucus to Combat DEI in Education: “The Left’s War on Meritocracy Has Gone Too Far” Gateway Pundit, July 28, 2024 House Republicans Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT) and Rep. Brandon Williams (R-NY) announced they have launched the Merit Caucus to combat the woke infection of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in education. They describe the Caucus as “a coalition of members dedicated to advancing a merit-based system in classrooms that will help ensure students are receiving the best education, regardless of background or income.” In a press release announcing the Caucus, Owens shared, “America is the land of equal opportunity, not the land of equal outcome.“ “The Left’s war on meritocracy has gone too far, lowering standards for students and teachers, discouraging achievement in the classroom, and eliminating academic excellence, all in the name of equity. I’m proud to launch the first-ever House Merit Caucus to bring back the old-fashioned common sense that my dad, a WWII vet, taught me growing up: there is no substitute for meritocracy and hard work.” |
LifePac Survey Question: The theory called Social Equity isn't so much about a charitable welfare tool, one to help groups of people with targeted characteristics, such as persistent poverty, low educational achievement and poor health to improve their circumstances. Welfare generally confers equity in some form, often financial. Rather, social equity as developed in the 1960's demands reparations for past injustices, be it the slave history of Black Americans or some other oppressed group, using equal outcomes as a measure for success. In an educational setting, this can result in the needs of academically high achieving students not being served, where "the achievement gap" is narrowed by the removal of advanced educational opportunities or "tracks." Social equity uses Marxist inspired Critical Race Theory as a justification (Camas example), with its promotion of oppressor and oppressed classes, guilt and jealousy, and invoking social justice arguments to address supposed systemic racism. |
Bishop Robert Barron: Why Equity, Diversity, and Inclusivity Are Not Absolute Values, Dec 16, 2021 MyNorthwest.com: Rantz - Seattle politicians deem suburbs racist, begin CRT-inspired dismantling, July 8, 2021 WSJ Opinion: ‘Equity’ Is a Mandate to Discriminate (WSJ) By Charles Lipson, March 4, 2021Washington Post Opinion: Moving our focus from equality to equity won’t defeat racism. It’s another kind of racism. Ben Carson, April 18, 2021 The Federalist: How Equity Will Destroy America Jan 28, 2021 University of Melbourne Social Equity Institute: What Is Social Equity? 2013 Association American Colleges and Universities: Achieving Equitable Educational Outcomes with All Students (PDF), 2005 |