An original member of Black Lives Matter says the movement has played a key role in highlighting how race,gender, sexuality and class oppression intersectInequality is so often misunderstood as an outgrowth of cultural deficiency. But contrary to accepted belief (which pervades the suitable, and left and centre of the political spectrum),we do not live under a meritocracy. Inequality is not the result of the superior or inferior work ethics of a society’s inhabitants.
Some point to the cultural “shortcomings” of groups that remain socioeconomically immobile in order to advance the accountability narrative. This way of thinking presumes these groups should halt blaming the system” and take accountability for their collective condition.
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Source: theguardian.com