To what extent do we have equality of opportunity today in America?

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Phillip Duffy

12 May, 16:35

To what extent do we have equality of opportunity today in America?

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Moshe Berger · Answer 1

Answer:today, the United States has less equality of opportunity than almost any other advanced industrial country ... The Pew Research Center has found that some 90 percent of Americans believe that the government should do everything it can to ensure equality of opportunity.

Holland · Answer 2

Answer:Equality of opportunity in the United States

Data source: Pew Research Centre Trends in American Values: 1987-2012, p. 147. Yet true equality of opportunity is unattainable. Equal opportunity requires that each person has equivalent skills, abilities, knowledge, and non cognitive traits upon reaching adulthood, and that's impossible to achieve.