Commentary
"Equity" Is The Radical Left's Orwellian New Term For Retributive Racism
by Adam de Angeli
Posted January 26, 2021
The Marxists wordsmiths have struck again.
Since the Civil Rights Era, Americans have strived for racial "equality," not "equity."
Martin Luther King called for racial "equality", not "equity." A few quotes, among many:
"Equality" was what was strived and "equality" was the term used.
Until about three months ago.
Mysteriously, and quite suddenly, the left began replacing "equality" in its lexicon with "equity."
Joe Biden announced that today is some sort of "Equity Day."
What happened to "equality"?
Whenever a new word is suddenly foisted into the public consciousness, we need to examine where it came from, how it came to be, and why.
Why the new word? We were not consulted. Whose decision was this?
We cannot pinpoint whose idea it was, but that such a term could be instanteously replaced in the political establishment certainly proves how rigidly controlled our media are.
What was wrong with "equality"? Only that it was too ambiguous. Some people actually took the words of Dr. King to mean "equality of opportunity" and "equality under the law," not the Marxist notion of "equality of outcome."
Affirmative action has always been wildly unpopular. The public recognizes it for the retributive racism that it is. Michigan voters approved a ban on affirmative action in the state Constitution by over 550,000 votes in 2004. Liberal California passed a similar proposal in 1996, and just last year, voters again rejected affirmative action when it was brought to the ballot a second time by an even greater margin than they did in 1996. The 2020 vote was despite being outspent by the Democrat establishment, $31 million in favor of racial retribution and $1.6 million in opposition.
Affirmative action was a bad brand.
Enter the new term: racial "equity."
The intent is to confuse the public into thinking that retributive racism is no different than equality under the law.
Welcome to re-education.
Since the Civil Rights Era, Americans have strived for racial "equality," not "equity."
Martin Luther King called for racial "equality", not "equity." A few quotes, among many:
"The sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality."
"Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights. You will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of your country, and a finer world to live in."
"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed; We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal."
"Equality" was what was strived and "equality" was the term used.
Until about three months ago.
Mysteriously, and quite suddenly, the left began replacing "equality" in its lexicon with "equity."
Joe Biden announced that today is some sort of "Equity Day."
What happened to "equality"?
Whenever a new word is suddenly foisted into the public consciousness, we need to examine where it came from, how it came to be, and why.
Why the new word? We were not consulted. Whose decision was this?
We cannot pinpoint whose idea it was, but that such a term could be instanteously replaced in the political establishment certainly proves how rigidly controlled our media are.
What was wrong with "equality"? Only that it was too ambiguous. Some people actually took the words of Dr. King to mean "equality of opportunity" and "equality under the law," not the Marxist notion of "equality of outcome."
Affirmative action has always been wildly unpopular. The public recognizes it for the retributive racism that it is. Michigan voters approved a ban on affirmative action in the state Constitution by over 550,000 votes in 2004. Liberal California passed a similar proposal in 1996, and just last year, voters again rejected affirmative action when it was brought to the ballot a second time by an even greater margin than they did in 1996. The 2020 vote was despite being outspent by the Democrat establishment, $31 million in favor of racial retribution and $1.6 million in opposition.
Affirmative action was a bad brand.
Enter the new term: racial "equity."
The intent is to confuse the public into thinking that retributive racism is no different than equality under the law.
Welcome to re-education.
