The thing that gets people up in arms is that you can’t see the shape of tree nearly as easily* as you can see the height of the ladders, so the “equality” solution may just look like giving an advantage to your favorite group.
*Yes, we have ways to see the shape of the tree, but that’s through studies and trusting experts, whereas you can see the height of the ladders plainly.
Inequality is a complicated mess of systems that have been operating in a certain way for so long, that it all feels normal. And for those in a position of privilege, it feels like it’s operating in the best way it could. They literally can’t see past it without a ton of effort, research, and analysis.
What they can see is that someone gets a taller ladder and they think that’s unfair without being able to see that the taller ladder still doesn’t give that person equal access to resources and they started in a hole in the first place.
The thing that gets people up in arms is that you can’t see the shape of tree nearly as easily* as you can see the height of the ladders, so the “equality” solution may just look like giving an advantage to your favorite group.
*Yes, we have ways to see the shape of the tree, but that’s through studies and trusting experts, whereas you can see the height of the ladders plainly.
Inequality is a complicated mess of systems that have been operating in a certain way for so long, that it all feels normal. And for those in a position of privilege, it feels like it’s operating in the best way it could. They literally can’t see past it without a ton of effort, research, and analysis.
What they can see is that someone gets a taller ladder and they think that’s unfair without being able to see that the taller ladder still doesn’t give that person equal access to resources and they started in a hole in the first place.