Oh, absolutely. I'm under no illusions about that😅But I disagree that the pursuit of equity is how we get to equality.

First of all, I think the pursuit of equity is tilting at windmills. There are always going to be racial disparities in some areas. For many reasons. Some of which I go into on the article. Treating equity as a goal to be reached is a guarantee of nothing but eternal grievance.

The reason why I think it's a potentially bad thing (and as it's been pursued in some cases over the past five-ten years, a demonstrably bad thing) is that it doesn't address the underlying causes effectively. It's window dressing.

A university, fpr example, cannot create meaningful equity. Because if there are educational shortfalls 10 years earlier in that student's life, they can't be fixed by letting them into university via easier standards. They're still going to struggle. They're going to leave university less qualified. And they'll need another equitable company to hire them, because they're underskilled.

Equality is slower, it takes more thought. But it's meaningful. And more, it doesn't perpetuate the idea that black peopl are diversity hires who only succeed because they're given an easier ride through life.

I want to see people of all colours succeeding on their merits. And where black people have been historically disadvantaged, I want to see those disadvantages properly addressed. I don't want to see them patted on the head and told "don't worry, we don't expect you to be as good as your white peers."