"Emi Nietfeld argues in her new memoir [that] it places all blame for not succeeding on individual, ignores bias, inequities"
In an interview published in The Harvard Gazette, Nietfield explains: “My biggest problem with the cult of grit is that it takes social problems like racism, child abuse, and violence, and places the responsibility to deal with them onto the backs of individuals. In recent years, it has become a panacea for essentially any issue. Instead of addressing the underlying societal problems, we’ve shifted our focus to encouraging people to have resilience. I argue that it often blames already vulnerable people for bad things that are happening to them and that gets in the way of change taking place.”
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