Social Justice? Here’s What It Is

When we initially heard the term social justice, we thought of justice in the way we learned the term, meaning people are treated equally and fairly in the law enforcement and prosecution arena – the justice system. Simple, right?

The term “social justice” became the mantra for protesters after the George Floyd death in 2020.

The were violent riots in the streets of Minneapolis and many other cities around the country calling for social justice.

Whether we agreed or not, we all thought the protests were about treating the Floyd death at the hands of the police in a fair and equitable manner.

We thought of justice, and the addition of the word social – social justice – was just ignored.

If it hasn’t occurred to you yet, the protests in the name of “social justice” meant a whole lot more than what we assumed it was on the surface.

What we didn’t realize was that “social justice” had been around for a while and that there was a whole menagerie of ideology associated with the term. It has been taught in most colleges and universities for many years – some even have whole departments dedicated to it. There’s a whole curriculum developed for the K-12 system as well – and some of our public-school systems have adopted it.

So, what is it? What is meant when the term ‘social justice’ is used?

What follows is a summary of what I picked up from various web sites on the subject.

• Social justice is justice in relation to a fair balance in the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society.
• Social justice is the process of ensuring that individuals fulfill their societal roles and receive their due from society.
• Social justice assigns rights and duties in the institutions of society, which enables people to receive the basic benefits and burdens of cooperation. The relevant institutions often include taxation, social insurance, public health, public school, public services, labor law and regulation of markets, to ensure distribution of wealth, and equal opportunity.
• Social justice is invoked today while reinterpreting historical figures such as Bartolomé de las Casas, in philosophical debates about differences among human beings, in efforts for gender, ethnic, and social equality, for advocating justice for migrants, prisoners, and the environment.
• Social justice has at least three common elements can be identified in the contemporary theories about it: a duty of the State to distribute certain vital means (such as economic, social, and cultural rights), the protection of human dignity, and affirmative actions to promote equal opportunities for everybody.
• Social justice is used to refer to social, political, and economic institutions, laws, or policies that collectively afford such fairness and equity and is commonly applied to movements that seek fairness, equity, inclusion, self-determination, or other goals for currently or historically oppressed, exploited, or marginalized populations.
• 10 examples of social justice:

1. Climate Justice
2. Refugee Crisis
3. Healthcare
4. Racial Justice
5. LGBTQIA+ Oppression
6. Speciesism
7. Ageism
8. Sizeism
9. Hunger and Food Insecurity
10. Equity

So, you get the idea. Social justice is/was the driving force behind the ‘defund the police’ fiasco and now the transgender mess.

Social justice defines ‘woke.’

Social justice is about socialism. “Justice” is the method by which socialism is to be sold to the public. Socialism is ‘justice’ for all; therefore, it is good.

It’s about changing our culture to one where the individual is entitled to a whole host of benefits provided by the state in exchange for paying the ‘dues’ of dominance and control by it.

There’s a whole generation that has been taught that ‘social justice’ is contrary to what the US has called justice.

They’re being taught that everyone except straight white males are victims of straight white males. And as victims everyone except straight white males are owed something: reparations, subsidies, tax credits, migrant green cards, drug paraphernalia, a room at a 5-star hotel, good jobs, promotions, food stamps, a cabinet seat, a seat on the Supreme Court, etc. White supremacy is the country’s major problem.

We’re to focus on the elements of social justice and its advocates when taking a class, when we enter the voting booth. Forget the failing economy, inflation, soaring electrical generation costs and prices, corporate profits, wages not keeping up and falling, illegal immigration stampedes, crime exploding to the point where we now have organized mass shoplifting, unsafe streets, runaway car jackings and assaults, cashless bail, failing public schools.

Equity rules. That means merit doesn’t.

Oh, and while we’re changing our culture to consider criminals as victims, eliminate justice system consequences for crime and empty our jails – and throw in the proposition that our kids need to learn to appreciate and be taught by drag queens.

Ah yes, social justice. The elite, ruling class will survive and flourish by exceptions to the new culture.

Good luck.

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Have a great and prosperous week.

Hug somebody.

References:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_justice

https://genv.org/social-justice-examples/

https://www.masterclass.com/articles/what-is-social-justice

https://www.humanrightscareers.com/issues/social-justice-101-meaning-principles-facts-and-examples/

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