One of the Most Dangerous Words Ever: Fairness
Submitted by CARPE DIEM
1. “In recent times, virtually any disparity in outcomes is almost automatically blamed on discrimination, despite the incredible range of other reasons for disparities between individuals and groups.
Nature’s discrimination completely dwarfs man’s discrimination. Geography alone makes equal chances virtually impossible. The geographic advantages of Western Europe over Eastern Europe– in climate and navigable waterways, among other things– have led to centuries of differences in income levels that were greater than income differences between blacks and whites in America today.”
2. “In the language of the politically correct, achievement is equated with privilege. Such verbal sleight of hand evades the question whether individuals’ own priorities and efforts affect outcomes, whether in education or in other endeavors. No need to look at empirical evidence when a clever phrase can take that whole question off the table.”
~Thomas Sowell’s series “The Fallacy of Fairness,” Part I & Part II.
