“Real Time” Host Bill Maher Friday night took a moment to tip his hat to Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who offered a candid response to the question of what the difference is between equity and equality.
During last week’s “Overtime” segment, Maher read a viewer question, “Are we trying to confuse equality of opportunity?” Guaranteed equity in results,
“I think this word ‘equity’ has come into the language in the last few years and we didn’t hear it very much before, and I think a lot of people hear ‘equity’ and they hear ‘equality’ like That it’s the same word, but it’s not the same word and the same concept,” Maher said.
He asked Sanders if he knew the difference between the two words.
Sanders replied, “Okay equality, we talk about – uh, I don’t know what to answer that.”
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., was stunned by Bill Maher’s question about the difference between equity and equality. (screenshot/hbo)
Maher revisited that moment during Friday’s panel discussion.
“It became a little news… I said what’s the difference. And God bless him, he said, ‘[Honestly], I’m not sure I know.’ And Bernie, you’re not alone,” Maher pointed out. progressive legislator,
Maher said, “I haven’t got anybody who really knows or people – they just have a different perspective on it.”
“Real Time” host Bill Maher credits Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., for his candid response to the equity-equality debate. (HBO)
Author and linguist John McWhorter blasted equity as a “worrying” term, which he described as “equality by forcing the issue”, such as “putting people into positions for which they are not yet qualified”. are, so everything looks ‘like America’.”
“They’re trying to slip it in without telling you that it’s going to skew equality in a way that you probably won’t like,” McWhorter said. “And those who do it think that it is the right thing because they are on the side of the angels.”
“This DEI [Diversity, Equity and Inclusion], it is no coincidence that ‘DE-I’ are the first three letters of the deity. These people consider themselves as God. None of this is an accident,” McWhorter added about the term “weasel.”
Maher claimed that CBS writers’ room requirements now seek at least 50% BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) writers for the network’s shows, indicating that he believes This is an example of equity.
“They’re saying, like, ‘Well, these probably aren’t the best people to write a show’ — what if it’s a show about a polka band in a ski town?” Maher quipped.
Author and linguist John McWhorter calls the word equity a “weasel word”. (Nielsen Barnard / Getty Images for The New York Times)
Meanwhile, journalist Josh Tyrangiel offered a “little defense” of equity efforts in government and corporate America.
“I don’t disagree with much of what you’re saying. At the same time, if you’re one of those people trying to crack a writers room, it’s difficult. It’s really hard because historically in this city, the writers’ room, I say this as a Jew, it was kind of diverse, like a member of each of the 12 tribes, right?” Tyrangiel joked. “There are a lot of Jews in those rooms, and that’s great.”
“Jews are funny!” Maher said.
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Tyrangiel later continued, “While I wouldn’t say it should be 50%, it should be tomorrow, I think the impulse here is not something we should scoff at, even with the methods we use.” mocks in which it can happen. must be implemented because ultimately without coercion mechanisms, change doesn’t happen much. so I don’t think it’s wrong to say that we need to try to accomplish And we may need to apply some pressure.
Fox News’ Jeffrey Clark contributed to this report.