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Four-panel cartoon of people trying to watch a baseball game over a wooden fence. Labels: REALITY, EQUALITY, EQUITY, JUSTICE. Reality: a tall stack of crates under one person, one box for the middle person, and the smallest person with none. Captions follow below.

Reality, Equality, Equity, Justice: Baseball Fence Edition

The classic baseball fence cartoon contrasts reality, equality, equity and justice to explain systemic barriers, a staple of political infographic humor shared around Facebook.

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Four-panel cartoon of people trying to watch a baseball game over a wooden fence. Labels: REALITY, EQUALITY, EQUITY, JUSTICE. Reality: a tall stack of crates under one person, one box for the middle person, and the smallest person with none. Captions follow below.

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