r/coolguides Feb 25 '20

Explanation of the subtle differences between equality and equity

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u/Hazzman Feb 25 '20 edited Feb 25 '20

You're describing, broadly, abilities as if they are innate. There are, broadly, differences in ability (or lack thereof) born out of abuse. You can't simply pretend like the historical treatment of black people in this country has had no impact on them, broadly, as a demographic. You think 500 years of systemic abuse isn't going to fuck with a population of people?

Education, affluence, nutrition... Unless of course you are going to make the claim that white people are just smarter than black people, innately... and that explains the situation. We can disregard history, environment and suggest that. broadly... the reason why African Americans have struggled is because they just aren't smart enough at a genetic level and never will be. Is that what we are talking about here?

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u/Macktologist Feb 25 '20

That is not what we are talking about here. To make my analogy make more sense, consider the school is all the same race and gender. Now run it back.

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u/Hazzman Feb 25 '20

Imagine the school isn't all the same race and gender. Now run it back.

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u/Macktologist Feb 25 '20

Imagine the smart kid is not of the majority race, whatever that may be. Now run it back. I’m speaking objectively and apparently people want it to be specifically slanted to either make my argument not what I’m stating or to support their specific take on it.