> Equality means treating everyone the same, equity means treating people differently based on their needs and history. > If you think everyone should be treat

> Equality means treating everyone the same, equity means treating people differently based on their needs and history. > If you think everyone should be treated the same, then you agree with the plaintiffs. If you think everyone should be treated differently so that they can all experience the same outcome, then you side with the defendants. This is a moral argument. However, legally, the Civil Rights Act doesn't have any exceptions allowing racial discrimination as long as it's for a "good" purpose. > The only way to fix this problem is it dedicate resources to building ramps, which means treating people in wheelchairs differently by spending extra resources to accommodate them. Those ramps are available to everyone, whether they need them or not. I wouldn't call this discrimination, any more than a store that sells cheese discriminates against the ~65% of the world population with lactose intolerance.