&gt;So could we then say based upon your comment and the parent that a meritocracy is antagonistic to diversity.<p>Yes, I would say that&#x27;s the bias.  It&#x27;s human nature to allocate your resources to give your children the best possible start in life.  In poor societies that may be as simple as feeding them when you yourself go hungry.  In our society it means scheming to get them into the best college or giving them seed money to start a business.<p>I would note that making alterations to promote diversity don&#x27;t change that, either.  They just distort the system such that people with resources game the system in unproductive ways.  A good example is all those &quot;women and minority owned&quot; businesses that get preferential treatment in government contracting.  From what I can tell nearly all of them are headed (wink wink) by the wife of a white guy with a relatively upper class upbringing.