Common meaning: Creating a place for Indigenous knowledge and practices in our institutions. Hidden meaning of the Equity religion: Replacement of all Western knowledge with Indigenous knowledge and practices. Discussion: The Equityists believe that Western people are oppressive so it follows that all of the knowledge they created is also oppressive and must be destroyed.…

Common meaning: Concealing where an idea came from in order to make it more acceptable. Hidden meaning of the Equity religion:  Only scholarship that follows the critical theories of Equity are true and acceptable. Discussion: The Equity faithful think that there is a conspiracy in Western society to block the truth of Equity. When Equityist…

Common meaning: Who a person is, including all of the qualities and beliefs that distinguish them. Hidden meaning of the Equity religion:  The only part of people that matters is their political group affiliation. Discussion: The Equityists believe that the only things that are real are groups and the power they contain to damage the…

Common meaning: Movement that focuses on the specifics of a particular race, religion or social background to gain power. Hidden meaning of the Equity religion:  The activity of making the political process only about group identity in order to subvert the liberal order. Discussion: Equity teaches that the best way for believers to convert the…

Common meaning: Unconscious preference for certain types of people or things. Hidden meaning of the Equity religion:  All of the cultural values of the dominant groups are biased and none of the values of the minoritized groups are. Discussion: The doctrines of Equity declare that all cultural values of the dominant group are biased. There…

Common meaning: The earliest known inhabitants of a place. Hidden meaning of the Equity religion:  A superior race because they are not Western and white. Discussion: Equity Theology teaches that indigenous people are a superior race. They lived at peace with each other and in ecological balance with what the land provided. In the real…

Common meaning: The act of ensuring that everyone is a part of something. Hidden meaning of the Equity religion:  The act of removing those who are members of dominant groups. Discussion: The Equityists believe that all members of oppressed groups need to be included. In order to make sure this happens it is necessary to…

Common meaning: The idea that all rights, values and duties originate in individual people, and from this we order our society. Hidden meaning of the Equity religion:  Ideology of liberalism that fools people into thinking they are free, while keeping them marginalized. Discussion: The Equityists think that individualism is a lie told by those in…

Common meaning: Racism that is embedded in the regulations and laws of an organization or society. Hidden meaning of the Equity religion:  When groups achieve different outcomes, it means racism is present despite even good intentions. Discussion: The Equityists believe that whenever people from different racial groups achieve a different level of outcome, then racism…

Intent – Does the intent of people matter? (Intent is irrelevant because what matters is the effect vs. intent matters.) Common meaning: A desire or plan to do something. Hidden meaning of the Equity religion:  Intention is irrelevant because what really matters is the effect. Discussion: The Equityists think that what a person intends does…