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Most Americans believe in equality. We want to make sure that everyone has, to the greatest extent possible, an equal place at the starting line. From there, each individual has the freedom to achieve what their desires, ability, and hard work make possible. Achieving that kind of equality is the American dream, the engine that enables people from any walk of life to realize their dreams. Equity, as activists preach it, trades away this American heritage for abstractions and fantasies.
“It’s a system that has forever counted out young people and I’m here to say I’m not just a student voice," said Triston Ezidore, a member of the Culver City Unified School District Board of Education.