I used to think that social justice was just about equality. Actually, it is more than that. Now, every time I see or hear the word social justice I relate it to passion. People can be passionate about justice and that passion is what helps them achieve many goals. Social Justice is everyone receiving a fair treatment. Social Justice does not discriminate. The rights given to a white person should be given to a person of color. No person is able to take advantage of the other. With social justice people work together to make our world a better place. With social justice all schools are funded equally. With social justice people fight for what they believe is the best for everyone and not just themselves. Because of social justice people protest, go on hunger strikes and take many other actions to fight for what they believe in or to end the injustices.
Social justice is not an easy thing to achieve. There are many barriers when seeking social justice. People in power or the elite try to convince the lower class that they cannot fight for justice. One way they do that is by not funding schools the way they would in “rich” school. Not giving enough funding limits the amount of things a student can learn. If a student is not learning enough then they do not learn about the injustices or learn how to fight the injustices. Not doing anything causes the injustice to develop even more and for people to continue to be the oppressed.
Besides knowledge about the injustices a person needs to know how to communicate. A person needs to know how to communicate so the issue gets passed on to other people so together they can all fight for social justice. Also, a person needs to know how to persuade so he or she can get the people involve. People also need to know who they are targeting so they can easily persuade them and for them to know how the group of people they are targeting can help them fight for social justice.
I see myself being one of these people. I don’t really know what I want to major in, but I know it has to involve my community and a way in which I can help them. I have grown up seeing people struggle and I have also struggled. If there is a way in which I can help people in community not struggled so much then I would because I do not want them to struggle the way I did. I want them to become better people because my goal is to help my community improve.
Social justice is not an easy thing to achieve. There are many barriers when seeking social justice. People in power or the elite try to convince the lower class that they cannot fight for justice. One way they do that is by not funding schools the way they would in “rich” school. Not giving enough funding limits the amount of things a student can learn. If a student is not learning enough then they do not learn about the injustices or learn how to fight the injustices. Not doing anything causes the injustice to develop even more and for people to continue to be the oppressed.
Besides knowledge about the injustices a person needs to know how to communicate. A person needs to know how to communicate so the issue gets passed on to other people so together they can all fight for social justice. Also, a person needs to know how to persuade so he or she can get the people involve. People also need to know who they are targeting so they can easily persuade them and for them to know how the group of people they are targeting can help them fight for social justice.
I see myself being one of these people. I don’t really know what I want to major in, but I know it has to involve my community and a way in which I can help them. I have grown up seeing people struggle and I have also struggled. If there is a way in which I can help people in community not struggled so much then I would because I do not want them to struggle the way I did. I want them to become better people because my goal is to help my community improve.