Equality is “the state or quality of being equal; correspondence in quantity, degree, value, rank, or ability” and has always meant this. We notice that there is no exception in this definition. Any person treated differently than another is being denied equal treatment (under the law in the United States). After the 1960s and 70s the hope was that our institutions, organizations and governments would find a way to balance the scales and treat people, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, physical ability, military service, religion or culture, equally.
Equality is “the state or quality of being equal”
Recently there have been efforts to rescind the gains made towards equality achieved through the civil rights movements and laws of the 1960s for African American and Women. Some of us have forgotten or are totally unaware of what the “fight” was for. The documentary SHE’S BEAUTIFUL WHEN SHE’S ANGRY helps to refocus what Women’s Liberation was and is still about. As one person in the film says, “We are not allowed to retire from women’s issues.” Amen to that.
