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Emma Roberts has something to say about nepo baby stereotypes. Emma, 33, who is the daughter of Eric Roberts and the niece of Julia Roberts, weighed in on the nepotism discourse during a Tuesday ...
The 10-year-old daughter of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West sparked a social media debate after live performance of “I Just Can’t Wait To Be King.”
There is a moment in the recent Netflix documentary Starting 5 where LeBron James meets the woman who saved his son’s life. Bronny James, his eldest, was 18 when he suffered a cardiac arrest ...
Meritocracy (merit, from Latin mereō, and -cracy, from Ancient Greek κράτος kratos 'strength, power') is the notion of a political system in which economic goods or political power are vested in individual people based on ability and talent, rather than wealth or social class. [1]
Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy is a 2012 nonfiction book written by Christopher Hayes, discussing examples of how meritocracy is exploited in modern America. He argues that there are many competing forces working within America that are causing the financial crisis, elite crisis, media crisis, and, what he sees as the most ...
Nepotism at work can mean increased opportunity at a job, attaining a job or being paid more than other similarly situated people. [21] Arguments are made both for and against employment granted due to a family connection, which is most common in small, family run businesses. On one hand, nepotism can provide stability and continuity.
"If you were from a dominant group -- generally white people, generally men, straight, cisgender, fully-abled -- you had a huge leg up in terms of getting employment recommendations, higher pay ...
This is in contrast to a meritocracy, in which appointments are made based on merit. Politically, "cronyism" is derogatorily used to imply buying and selling favors, such as votes in legislative bodies, doing favors to organizations, or giving desirable ambassadorships to exotic places. [3]