Americans of the stupid variety keep trying to justify the way things are by genetics. But the fact is that culture (learned behavior) is far stronger.
Doesn't matter what those who don't make assumptions (e.g., "the NFL is a meritocracy") but look at it carefully find.
PS: I should add that "best person for the position" often does not have objective measures.
Doesn't matter what those who don't make assumptions (e.g., "the NFL is a meritocracy") but look at it carefully find.
The NFL’s racial divide
Teams don’t consciously build rosters based on race, it just ends up that way
It’s not that they’re excluding anybody. They’re looking to be successful, according to the pattern that has worked. This is why it gets to be so difficult to shatter tradition. You can’t just come in and show somebody that a black center is as good as a white center in order to displace that tradition. You’ve got to come in and show that he is better.”The so-called free market (or unbridled avarice, depending on your viewpoint) doesn't turn the culture of an enterprise or of a society into a meritocracy any more than the free market abolishes slavery or human trafficking.
PS: I should add that "best person for the position" often does not have objective measures.
