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We’ve got to start by thinking big here. Society is filled with inequality. Depending on who we are and where in the world we are born, some groups of people will have greater advantages and opportunities than others.

SaDlY, mAnY oF uS

cOmE uP aGaInSt bArrIeRs.

These barriers vary depending on our race, gender, religion, social class and other things – some are a result of our own life choices, others are just a by-product of who we are and when and where we were born. Sometimes these are called ‘institutional problems’, meaning that they are

a result of how our society has set up institutions like government, schools and industries. And if no one challenges them, these issues just continue.

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