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10 <br /> Slide#5 <br /> Why Equity? <br /> • Racial equity is about making sure our <br /> policies and practices no longer cause <br /> harm to black and brown communities. <br /> • When we do this, we make things <br /> better for everyone. <br /> —Equity is about fairness <br /> —Equality is about sameness <br /> Erica Bryant explained that equity is about fairness and equality is about sameness. <br /> Slide#6 <br /> Why Race? <br /> Systems are <br /> built that <br /> Normalizing Qperationalizing better address <br /> 0 0 wealth <br /> Organizing inequity and <br /> recognize bias <br /> for all people. <br /> f°i°�QRAHG� <br /> Erica Bryant said that normalizing discussions about race and operationalizing the strategies <br /> for advancing racial equity allows us to build systems that address other areas of income and wealth <br /> inequity and recognize bias based on gender, sexual orientation, ability, age, religion, and other <br /> protected categories. She said by building a framework of tools and resources to apply to racial <br /> equity, we can then address other areas of marginalization as well, recognzing that different <br /> strategies may be needed, for different inequities. <br />