Weekly Anti-racism NewsletteR

Because it ain’t a trend, honey.

  • Taylor started her newsletter in 2020 and has been the sole author of almost one hundred blog mosts and almost two hundred weekly emails. A lifelong lover of learning, Taylor began researching topics of interest around anti-racism education and in a personal effort to learn more about all marginalized groups. When friends asked her to share her learnings, she started sending brief email synopsises with links to her favorite resources or summarizing her thoughts on social media. As the demand grew, she made a formal platform to gather all of her thoughts and share them with her community. After accumulating thousands of subscribers and writing across almost one hundred topics, Taylor pivoted from weekly newsletters to starting a podcast entitled On the Outside. Follow along with the podcast to learn more.

  • This newsletter covers topics from prison reform to colorism to supporting the LGBTQ+ community. Originally, this was solely a newsletter focused on anti-racism education, but soon, Taylor felt profoundly obligated to learn and share about all marginalized communities. Taylor seeks guidance from those personally affected by many of the topics she writes about, while always acknowledging the ways in which her own privilege shows up.

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Equity v. Equality

The term “equity” refers to fairness and justice. While equality means providing the same to all, equity means recognizing that we do not all start from the same place and must acknowledge and make adjustments to imbalances.

Hi Friends!
Welcome to Issue 46 of this newsletter. This newsletter isn’t going to be super long because we are focusing on a very specific topic, Equity vs. Equality. The term “equity” refers to fairness and justice. While equality means providing the same to all, equity means recognizing that we do not all start from the same place and that we must acknowledge and make adjustments to imbalances. The process is ongoing, requiring us to identify and overcome intentional and unintentional barriers arising from bias or systemic structures (NACE). Let’s get into it!

Let’s Get Into It

The terms “equity” and “equality” are constantly used interchangeably, but they do not mean the same thing.

Equi­ty involves try­ing to under­stand and give peo­ple what they need to enjoy full, healthy lives.

Equal­i­ty, in con­trast, aims to ensure that every­one gets the same things in order to enjoy full, healthy lives.

Like equi­ty, equal­i­ty aims to pro­mote fair­ness and jus­tice, but it can only work if every­one starts from the same place and needs the same things. (AECF)

We all start from different places based on a variety of factors such as race, socioeconomic status, class, gender identity and more. Equity takes these factors into consideration and levels the playing field so we can all reach our goals. Equality does not take these factors into consideration. Check out the video above for a deeper explanation, but honestly, it’s that simple friends.

Equity really means everyone gets the best chance for a good life. Equality only feels good to those who start from a position of privilege. That’s all for today, see ya next week!

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