In this article, the authors discuss that equity is the aspiration for justice resulting from the intentional distribution of capital in its myriad forms in the context of generations of state, system, and institutional oppression. The conflation of equity with equality and the white-washing of equity have upheld systems of dominance within higher education. Courageously naming this tendency advances our work shifting from equality to equity-based frameworks. Shifting to equity-based frameworks requires valor. If we do not engage with valor, the maintenance of inequitable educational environments will continue to inflict violence on minoritized communities at the cost of student learning, the core of our higher education work. This shift requires higher education institutions to grapple with complex and uncomfortable questions to examine core issues contributing to inequities.