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00:18Ah, the smell of the county fair, fried food with just a hint of manure.
00:24The fantasy book tent!
00:27Ooh, the Lord of the Nose Rings.
00:29I love this book.
00:30Thou knowest thy stuff good, sir.
00:32Come back later for our fantasy book trivia tournament.
00:37Ethan, we're here.
00:43Oh, I can't do this.
00:45You've got this, Emily.
00:46You've put countless hours into making pies, practicing food chemistry, recipe math, yelling
00:52yes, chef at yourself in the mirror.
00:54Okay, that was one time.
00:55Look at me, Emily.
00:56All you have to do now is bake it like you practiced and get that prize money.
01:00Yes, chef.
01:02Baking is science.
01:03Baking is science.
01:06Ivy, you're here too?
01:07I've been practicing in my mom's food truck for a month.
01:11How long have you been into baking, Corinne?
01:13Baking?
01:14I'm here for the prize money.
01:15I'm here for the prize money.
01:16Copernicus!
01:16I didn't know you baked.
01:18I thought this was the hospital tent.
01:20Mr. Park, are you okay?
01:23Hey, Charlotte.
01:24Welcome, young bakers, to the great pie bake-off.
01:28I'm Miss Shaw, but you can call me Skylar.
01:31The mayor appointed me as the hip new judge for this year's bake-off because I'm hip and
01:36new.
01:37And because I'm pulling worse with the youths.
01:42Future voters say, whoa.
01:44That's enough now.
01:45Thank you, mayor.
01:46Are you guys ready to compete for prize money?
01:49A chance to compete at the state fair in the honor of having your pipe and by our audience?
01:55Woo-hoo!
01:57Well, then, bakers, on your marks, get set, bake!
02:18Fence give out who you are, tonight, are you okay?!
02:44MacLeare G2022
02:51Okay, Bakers, 15 seconds left on the clock.
03:00Five, four, three, two, and time.
03:07Bakers, submit your pie.
03:12I made a cow pie.
03:15I found it next to the chocolate milk cow outside.
03:18Wow, what a diverse array of baked masterpieces.
03:23All right.
03:24And now on to an extremely important part of our competition,
03:28the Hardship Survey.
03:31Hardship Surve...
03:32Like all of you, I once dreamed of being a prize-winning baker,
03:37but we grew up so poor, my mom couldn't even afford fresh apples.
03:41So when I entered this very pie bake-off years ago,
03:45I never even placed, and it shattered my dreams.
03:48I, too, grew up in a po-
03:50Uh, nope, nope, nope.
03:51We-we talked about this.
03:53Fine.
03:54As I was saying, the old system only rewarded the privileged.
03:59So in the name of equity, today we're going to try something new.
04:02A system that judges not just your pies, but also where you came from.
04:08Your hardships!
04:11So fill these out, and once we have all the information, we can judge equitably.
04:16I would, Miss Skyler, but I can't afford a pen.
04:21Oh, you poor dear.
04:23Here, take mine.
04:24Thank you so much!
04:26Hmm, hardships, hardships.
04:29I broke a window yesterday.
04:31I come from a broken home!
04:34Why do they need to know our tax bracket?
04:37This is how you spell pre-diabetes!
04:39Family support.
04:41Go get them, Emily!
04:42Yeah, go, Emily!
04:44Hmm, no.
04:46Man.
04:46Mom and Dad went all out this year!
04:48Okay, let's tally up the points!
04:51Okay, Emily.
04:52Looks like you come from a middle-class two-parent home with access to a professional kitchen.
04:57I'm sorry, but that puts you in a place of privilege.
05:00Hmm.
05:01Ivy's mom owns a food truck.
05:03Minus privilege points.
05:05What does that have to do with pa-
05:06After much consideration, I've decided that the winning pie goes to...
05:11Charlotte!
05:14Me?
05:17Hi, guys.
05:18I've always loved food, but I haven't been able to actually bake since we don't have an oven in the
05:23trailer I live in.
05:24This is my very first win as a baker.
05:27I'm going to use the prize money for an electric fan, so summer won't feel like a punishment.
05:31And you deserve it.
05:33Oh, and Corinne gets second, Copernicus third.
05:36Yeah!
05:37What?
05:38That's a literal cow pie!
05:41Yeah, but look.
05:43It's making them happy.
05:45Woohoo!
05:45Yay!
05:46Yeah!
05:48And now for the official tasting to solidify what I've already decided.
05:54Mmm.
05:58Oh, great.
06:01Everyone, try it.
06:02There's more than enough to go around.
06:05Now you must try my pie!
06:08I'm over, Chick.
06:09How can something so nice feel so not nice?
06:13Yeah, I just don't understand how I could lose to a half-baked pie.
06:17But I guess I'm kind of privileged, too.
06:21What's wrong, Grandma?
06:22You didn't try Copernicus's pie, did you?
06:24No!
06:25I'm barfing because of you!
06:26Privilege guilt makes me nauseous.
06:28Derek, hold my hair!
06:30Is it really winning if her pie wasn't that good?
06:34Let's go!
06:35Let's go!
06:36Let's go!
06:37Hold still, girl.
06:39All right.
06:40Just a little to the left.
06:42Focus.
06:43And...
06:51Tom-Tom!
06:54Gabby, your timing and disruption of ecosystems is impeccable.
06:58Niños, I'd like you to meet my friend, the brilliant economist, Harvard scholar, social theorist, and best-selling writer, Thomas
07:05Sowell!
07:07Nice to meet you, Mr. Sowell.
07:08Ah, you must be the famous Tuttle Twins. Pleased to have you. Step out of my shot.
07:14Oh, sorry.
07:16How?
07:16Derek, put that leg down! Yellowstone doesn't mean that you can pee on any rack!
07:21So, how may I be of economic assistance?
07:25Well, Emily's been practicing for ages for a pie competition, but then they changed the rules to favor disadvantaged kids
07:31instead of actually good bakers,
07:33and now the winning pie tastes like yes!
07:35Well, it sounds like everyone involved in this pie contest is suffering from equity gone wrong.
07:40Equity? That sounds like a good thing, like equality.
07:43They are similar, but with important differences.
07:45Equality means making sure everyone has an equal opportunity.
07:49Oh, like an equal opportunity to enter the competition?
07:52Precisely. But to be equal, the contest would also need to judge everyone by the same standards.
07:57Okay, but how is it equal if someone like our friend Charlotte hasn't had the chance to learn how to
08:02bake?
08:03That's where equity tries to help. Equity means trying to give everyone the same chance at an equal outcome by
08:09making up for unfair life circumstances.
08:12The idea is to give people the help they need to do their best and succeed.
08:18But in their desire to make things fair, some people rigged the rules.
08:23And they lower standards, all in order to force an equal outcome.
08:27And in the end, everyone, including your underprivileged friend, loses.
08:31But Charlotte won the competition.
08:33Sure, she may have won the competition, but what was the point of the contest?
08:37To see who could bake the best pie. The winner gets to compete at the state fair.
08:40Oh, and so the audience could try the best pie, too.
08:43So think about it. Because the ball was lowered to let her win, Charlotte didn't become a better baker.
08:49The more skilled bakers weren't rewarded for their skills, and the audience had to eat a worse pie.
08:53Oh, yeah. I guess everyone did lose.
08:56If forcing equity is how we choose, we all lose.
08:59So, it was forcing equity that made things unfair?
09:02Exactly. Think about what equality and equity actually mean. Fairness. Justice.
09:08So, is it really equity if the rules are unfair?
09:10I guess not.
09:22Ports and equal outcomes can actually hold back the people you're trying to help.
09:26In the 1980s, some top universities wanted to help get more underprivileged kids into their schools,
09:32even though they had lower test scores. But many of those kids felt overwhelmed and dropped out.
09:37Oh, man.
09:39So, what do you think will happen to your friend at the state competition?
09:42Unless she gets better, she could be humiliated.
09:50Hmm. Choosing kids who aren't ready can actually hurt them?
09:54And it can hurt others, too. Here's an example. Imagine you are in a burning building.
09:59Would you rather the firefighters be chosen for their skill,
10:02or for reasons that have nothing to do with their ability to fight fires and save your life?
10:08Uh, skill?
10:09But people from different backgrounds bring unique ideas. Isn't that valuable?
10:14Yes. But to bring the most value, it should come with actual skill.
10:18I grew up as a poor orphan in Harlem, raised by my great aunt.
10:21That unique perspective allowed me to reach millions of people with my books.
10:25But without skill, I could never have written those books in the first place.
10:31Derek, spit that out! It's a felony!
10:34Through his brilliance and hard work, Thomas earned scholarships and graduated from Harvard,
10:38Columbia, and Chicago University, became a world-renowned economist,
10:42and published over 40 best-selling books!
10:45Okay, okay. Today, I'm known for my skills and accomplishments, not just my hardships.
10:50Judging people by their skills is the only way we get the best.
10:54So how do we help Charlotte overcome her disadvantages? She's never even had a kitchen!
10:59You can help her get better at baking through hard work and practice!
11:02Share your knowledge with her and let her practice using the oven at the cafe!
11:06Or help her choose a different craft. What are her interests? What is she good at?
11:10We've only looked at her disadvantages, but what about her advantages?
11:13I guess we don't know, but we'll find out! We are each unique individuals with different abilities
11:20and interests, and we all have different disadvantages in things like money, education,
11:25or physical and mental abilities. That's why we need a system that rewards skill and doesn't lower
11:30standards, so that everyone is incentivized to develop their talents and rise to their potential.
11:36And what a sight that can be!
11:52All right, everybody, squish together. Three, two, one.
12:00Fantasy books! Get thine fantasy books here!
12:08Mother told me not to meddle with magic!
12:12Grandma, this isn't the baking tent!
12:17Oh, I know this elegant map calligraphy anywhere! We must be in middle-
12:21Ah! This is Center Earth! Much cheaper to license!
12:25You made that joke in Knock Off Neverland.
12:27This is a crowd-funded kids' show! We are extremely limited on budget! And jokes!
12:34Welcome, Traveler, to Santa Earth! I am Telrob!
12:39No way!
12:41Yes way, Halfling! I've assembled many fellowships, and collected many rings. So today, I propose we
12:48assemble a different fellowship for the one ring that got away. The fellowship of the championship rings!
13:00They play basketball here? It's how people channel their blood-thirsty tribalism when the wars stop.
13:07Hello, Halflings. I'm Legotot. I'm just really into tossing basketballs. I've been practicing in the woods for years.
13:12I would spar on that hoop elf if it stood but a little closer to the ground.
13:17Now hear this. It is time for me to pick the team, for I am Telron. He who can tell
13:24what is equitable.
13:25On my recent team-building nature retreat, I realized two things. First, I'm elf-bred and tolerant.
13:34Second, I need to be kinder and more equitable when choosing my fellowships. So, for my first pick,
13:41I choose Grandorf, the elderly grandpa wizard. Super good for age diversity, but no staffs.
13:49Mm, too much wizard privilege. He wouldn't take an old man's walking stick.
13:53Ya doi. Next, the dwarf and two halflings, because they experience height hardships and are
13:59underrepresented in basketball. Well, I think that's it. Except for...
14:04Jerry, the body positive elf. Yes!
14:07There we have it. My fellowship of the disadvantage.
14:11All right! I've been waiting my whole life to have a chance to play
14:15and sit on these finely crafted and bejeweled benches.
14:23Well, Derek, it's gonna be one heck of a game today. The Mordunk Orcs have skill, size,
14:28and strength on their side. Well, the fellowship is a diverse mix of brave and stunning players.
14:34How do you see this playing out?
14:41Well, Gabs, it seems to me the team that scores the most points at the end of the game
14:45is going home the winner. Frankly, my money's on the Orcs.
14:50All right, team. Be yourself.
14:55Well, that's one way to strike fear into the heart of the enemy.
14:58Yes!
15:02Don't worry. I heard the refs judge us not on how we play, but how equitable we look.
15:33I wish I'd never made this magical basketball team.
15:37So do all of their such times.
15:40Good news, team! We've made it to the championship game!
15:44How did we even make the championship? We lost every game!
15:48Well, there are only two teams, but one does not simply beat the Mordunks.
15:54Mr. Telerand, listen. We know you want to be kind and fair.
15:58But is it kind or fair to set people up for failure and potentially a fractured femur?
16:03But I was trying to make everything equal.
16:06Well, life isn't equal. But we learned from Mr. Soul that if you try to force
16:10everyone to be equal, it often creates bigger problems.
16:13Everyone has their talents. You just need to choose the ones with the skills for basketball.
16:17If forcing equity is how we choose, we all lose.
16:20What do you mean?
16:21Well, we've lost every game, and I've lost the use of my legs!
16:25The better players who weren't chosen lost the opportunity to play, and our fans lost too!
16:30We play so bad, we only have one fan left!
16:33Oh, Squiggle. He's no fan. He just likes to boo.
16:39But what shall be done with the garbage players?
16:46Well, some players can improve with hard work and practice.
16:49Mm-hmm.
16:50But for those challenged with height like us, maybe we could play a different role.
16:54And what role could that be, Master Ethan?
16:57I mean, you're weirdly into bejeweling things in masonry.
17:00Maybe you could be the stadium's master craftsman.
17:02Ha-ha-ha! I knew getting on the team would be my in.
17:06In the meantime, if you want our players to win, and the fans to win,
17:11choose your team with tryouts to pick out our team by skill.
17:23How?
17:25Huh?
17:27Huh?
17:29Huh?
17:34Huh?
17:36Huh?
17:38Huh?
17:39Huh?
17:40That is no mere point guard. His skills with the ball are legendary.
17:46It's Aragorn. Look at his hair. It's gone.
17:51Truly majestic.
17:53Aragorn, take your rightful place as point guard.
17:57No, no, I can't. I can't possibly.
18:00Okay, you can miss me.
18:05We still need a tall guy for the post.
18:10As a creature entirely made of wood, post is my middle name.
18:16We need one more.
18:18But who will be skilled enough to be in this fellowship?
18:22I would like to, my lord.
18:24Since the last game, I have had a montage training sequence,
18:28wherein I worked hard and grew in my skills to become a baller.
18:34Impressive. You may not look it, but you can cook it.
18:37Welcome to the fellowship.
18:39Yes!
18:40So be it.
18:41You shall be the fellowship of the championship rings!
18:54Game on!
18:58The 14-foot tree easily wins the tip-off.
19:01He passes it to Aragorn, whose bald head is as smooth as his...
19:06That ranger's got range!
19:09Oh, great deal by Legotoss!
19:12Cast it into the basket!
19:14The end shoots! It scores! The crowd goes wild!
19:20The age of their team is over.
19:24The time of the Orc Dynasty has come.
19:37Oh, this game is just like me and my estranged raccoon father.
19:46Not close.
19:47But wait! The king strikes back!
20:04I'm tired.
20:06What about them?
20:07They're fresh.
20:09Oi, bench boys.
20:11You're up.
20:20Can't die!
20:22The Morton's are up by one.
20:23Ten seconds left on the clock.
20:25The Orcs have possession.
20:28Our time here is ending.
20:30The big ugly Orc has possession.
20:32He passes.
20:33But wait!
20:34There's a wizard!
20:35You shall not pass!
20:38The ball.
20:42Don't look!
20:42You fool!
20:45Oh
21:19Five championship rings for the winning team
21:34Miss Skyler, what are you doing?
21:37I'm just savoring my pie
21:39We know the pie's terrible
21:41What? How could you say that?
21:43It's true
21:44We know you mean well and want to help underprivileged kids like Charlotte
21:48But changing the rules to force equity instead of rewarding skill is not the answer
21:53I don't understand
21:54Well, Emily was robbed of a win even though her pie was best
21:57With defaults, praise, and rigged rules
21:59No one is really helping Charlotte improve her baking skills
22:02And now all the audience has to eat a terrible winning pie
22:05You think my pie is terrible?
22:08Well, just in how it tastes
22:11And looks
22:12I know you tried your hardest
22:14But no, it wasn't great
22:18Sorry
22:20You lied to me?
22:21Now I don't know if I'm good at anything
22:24You can still learn to bake if you practice before next year
22:28Yeah, I could teach you at the cafe
22:30Yeah, you have potential
22:32I just wanted you to feel what it's like to reach it
22:34But it's not winning if I didn't earn it
22:36If that's how you feel
22:38I'll go re-judge the pies based on taste
22:42So you'll really help me learn how to bake?
22:45Of course we will
22:46I was kind of counting on that prize money
22:48Well, let's find a new game for you
22:50What are you good at right now?
22:52Well, my mom and I listened to hours of fantasy audiobooks to pass the time
22:58I might have the Lord of the Nose Rings memorized
23:00That's it!
23:02The annual fantasy book trivia competition is happening soon!
23:05There's still time to enter, too
23:07Really?
23:07Yeah, and if you win, you'll know it's based on your skill
23:10I'm in!
23:11Let's go!
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