{"id":21430,"date":"2016-03-24T02:18:12","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T09:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=21430"},"modified":"2016-03-23T12:20:10","modified_gmt":"2016-03-23T19:20:10","slug":"cartoon-equal-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=21430","title":{"rendered":"Cartoon: Equal Opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Transcript of cartoon:
\nThe cartoon shows two men. The first man, a young man wearing a suit and tie, is clean-shaven with short hair, and is standing near a park bench, talking on his cell phone. Seated on the park bench is the second man, a bit older in appearance, with stubble and a van dyke beard. He is wearing a knit cap, a hoodie, and sweatpants.<\/p>\n

PANEL 1
\nSUIT: We need equal opportunities, not equal outcomes. No free lunches for anyone! You can’t get more egalitarian than that.
\nSWEATS (cheerfully): There’s no such thing as “equal opportunity.”<\/p>\n

PANEL 2
\nSuit removes his phone from his ear and turns to face Sweats.
\nSUIT: Excuse me?
\nSWEATS: Someone who’s tall has a better shot at being a basketball star. Someone with rich parents is born with a big advantage. “Opportunities” are never really equal.<\/p>\n

PANEL 3
\nA close shot of Sweats, as he gestures to indicate himself.
\nSWEATS: And what about someone like me? I’ve never been able to hold down a job… would you say I deserve starvation and homelessness?<\/p>\n

PANEL 4
\nSuit looks abashed.
\nSUIT: Well… not to your face.
\nSWEATS: Mighty egalitarian of you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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