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Today, Explained

Why everyone’s mad about equity

Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Everyone is fighting about “equity.” If only they could define it. Vox’s Andrew Prokop explains. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Haleema Shah, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

A few months ago, Bernie Sanders was on real time with Bill Marr and Bill wanted to talk

0:07.3

about the word equity.

0:08.9

I think this word equity has come into the language in the last few years and before that

0:13.2

we didn't hear it a lot and I think a lot of people hear equity and they hear equality

0:18.0

that gets the same word and it's not the same word and the same concept.

0:22.6

So how would you differentiate between equity and equality?

0:26.8

Bernie was stumped.

0:27.8

Well, equality we talk about, I don't know what the answer to that is.

0:34.7

Despite the confusion, equity has come to occupy a much larger place in progressive politics

0:41.5

over the last few years.

0:43.5

Coming up on today, explain the rise and reign of equity and how the Supreme Court's ruling

0:48.4

on affirmative action could reign on equity's parade.

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