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hilariouslytoday at 12:01 PM1 replyview on HN

There's no definition of equity that I can find that returns that result so we'll just have to agree to disagree.


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embeng4096today at 1:24 PM

It seems like you’re thinking of the technical or financial definition of equity (“a stake in” something). Social equity is what WalterBright is talking about, and, in my experience, a very common concept that comes up when one speaks to progressive liberals and leftists.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_equity

The image at the top of this page was quite popular in circulation a few years ago, and exemplifies that concept of social equity very concisely. (Ignore the debate below as you will)

https://dividedwefall.org/equity-vs-equality/