Meritocracy, Equality, and Equity

If you’re someone who excels, you want a meritocracy.
If you don’t currently excel but believe you can with the right opportunity, you want equality (of opportunity).
If you don’t believe you can, don’t want to, or don’t think you should have to, you want equity (of outcome).

There are approximately 79342 reasons why you might see yourself in one of these statements. This is the story you tell yourself, and our stories make us who we are.

None of those reasons are objective. None of those reasons are for one particular group. None of those reasons are better than another’s.

Let’s not pretend they are.