Sameness is Not Equality

A father had two sons. Son A is suffering from Cancer while Son B is healthy. The father provided for Son A chemotherapy. Son B protested, "You are unfair, father. You are providing an expensive chemotherapy for my brother while I don't get one. I want one, too.". The father answered, "for the sake of equality and justice, I will provide for your chemotherapy, too."
It sounded kind of weird for another person to simply just ask for what the other has, but we do so often. It is quite foolhardy for a guardian to just give in to what is being demanded beyond reason; Yet, we do so often. It was not rationally (intellectually) just to give the same therapy knowing what chemotherapy is. It was neither morally just. Initially, Son B may feel emotional justice but the consequences in the long run won't make him feel that way.
The greatest injustice and inequality to render another person is to offer "sameness". It is treating people as robotics passing through a conveyor belt. It may seem like we are creating a homogenous society but what we are actually making is a dead society.
The very origin of our existence comes from a man and woman - same humanity and integrity but different in many ways. And the very unit of society that we are placed into, that is, a FAMILY, is composed of different genders, ages, interests, and skills. We are coming from a vantage point of DIVERSITY. Now, that could be a threatening word which does not belong to the warmth, comfort, and unity of a family. This unity in diversity is the AUTHENTIC EQUALITY. It is the consciousness of the UNIQUENESS of individual members This makes each individual capable of giving and receiving at the same time. The harvesting of rice is equally important to the cooking of rice. And equally important to the appreciative comment of a child. And to the cleaning up afterwards by another.
This ideal of UNIQUENESS that makes us truly EQUAL is not easily attained. Often, borne of the values of the society we live in, this equality in uniqueness is not recognized. The materialism and production-oriented society we are in marginalized those who are not income generating. Housewives are regarded as lowly and subservient to the male provider. Children are then treated with price tags and project plans. Recognizing and valuing the uniqueness of each person is a growing process. It is a maturation of relationships and often the rate is different from other. Like loving and living, we continually learn to be.
In the Catholic Church, this is likewise the endeavor - unity in diversity. As St. Paul puts it, we are ONE BODY IN CHRIST. That leads us to the bond (unity) amongst us unique individuals (diversity) which is the ONE SPIRIT and TRUTH. The objective truth is the ONE thing we can share amidst our differences because this Truth transcends the continually changing things in our lives. We continually age. Strength, interests, capabilities, physique, and intellect are as dynamic as the ticking of time but the Truth then will be the same Truth now and will be the same Truth in the future.
For now, we are self-destructing in trying to make a homogenous world thinking it will be the peaceful and perfect world. Still, it is not a dead world, and there will always be something inherent in us that will impel us to seek and grow that unique "me" and "you" and in a smaller, imperfect scale - a family.