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What does it mean?
Inequality exists even when rules claim everyone is the same.
In plain terms
Some people are treated as more important than others.
What can you take from it?
Unequal treatment persists despite claims of equality.

Where it applies

  • workplace dynamics
  • political systems
  • social justice

Putting it to work

  • policy review
  • advocacy
  • critiquing systems

Questions to consider

  • Where do you see unequal treatment?
  • How can systems become more equal?

Another view

This view assumes inequality is always intentional.

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