No, it doesn’t mean EQUALITY; THAT is the FUCKING PROBLEM.
"Racial equity does not mean simply treating everyone equally, but rather, allocating resources and services in such a way that explicitly addresses barriers imposed by structural racism and White privilege..."
"Racial equity does not mean simply treating everyone equally, but rather, allocating resources and services in such a way that explicitly addresses barriers imposed by structural racism and White privilege..."
“racial equity” = treating people unequally, based on their race
“addressing White privilege” = depriving White people of goods or access to goods on the basis of their race, even though they have done nothing wrong
“addressing White privilege” = depriving White people of goods or access to goods on the basis of their race, even though they have done nothing wrong
A large amount of “equity” is illegal under American constitutional protections against seizure of property without due process and equal protection of the laws.
Example: If A steals B’s property, this in INJUSTICE, because A has no right to do this.
Under “equity,” in this case “wealth equity,” one claims that A does have a right to B’s property, because A doesn’t have as much property as B, and so there is “inequity.”
Under “equity,” in this case “wealth equity,” one claims that A does have a right to B’s property, because A doesn’t have as much property as B, and so there is “inequity.”
“Inequity” just means any sort of difference, but the term has lately been crowbarred into having a (pseudo-) moral signification whereby it is supposed to grant an entitlement to “rectify” the “inequity” contrary to justice.
Differences between human beings arise both by nature and by free human actions. These things will, necessarily, cause differences across different groups or populations, and hence “inequity.”
There is nothing here that needs to be “fixed” or “rectified.”
There is nothing here that needs to be “fixed” or “rectified.”
For example, Asian American students earn higher grades (on average) than White students.
This is an inequity.
If we could induce the White students to earn higher grades, we already would — so any practical measure to “rectify” the “inequity” means screwing over the Asians.
This is an inequity.
If we could induce the White students to earn higher grades, we already would — so any practical measure to “rectify” the “inequity” means screwing over the Asians.
Ultimately, the only way to really “rectify” “grade inequity” is just to abolish grades entirely (or make them meaningless by assigning everyone the same grade).
A halfway-measure would be to weight grades according to race, which is the road we are currently on.
A halfway-measure would be to weight grades according to race, which is the road we are currently on.
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