"Social justice is justice in relation to a fair balance in the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society where individuals's rights are recognized and protected."
Exploring concepts of social justice and equity in relation to race, ethnicity, and identity, and understanding the ways in which systemic injustices can perpetuate disparities and perpetuate social inequality.
Racism and anti-racism: Examining systemic racism and ways to actively dismantle it.
Identity and intersectionality: Understanding intersectionality and how it shapes our individual experiences and identities.
White privilege: Recognizing and understanding the privileges that come with being white in society.
Institutional racism: Examining how racism is embedded in institutions and how to address it.
Stereotyping and prejudice: Understanding how stereotypes and prejudices about race and ethnicity impact the way we interact with each other.
Cultural appropriation: Defining cultural appropriation and reflecting on the impact it has on marginalized communities.
Implicit bias: Understanding how implicit biases affect our decision-making processes and how to reduce their influence.
Colonization: Examining the historical legacy of colonization and its impact on Indigenous peoples, as well as ways to decolonize society.
Immigration and refugees: Understanding the challenges and experiences of immigrants and refugees from diverse backgrounds.
Allyship and solidarity: Understanding how to be a supportive ally or accomplice to marginalized communities and groups.
Racial justice and equity: Focusing on ways to promote racial justice and equity, including addressing racism and systemic inequities.
Colorism: Examining the ways in which skin color is used as a tool of oppression and how to address it.
Microaggressions: Defining microaggressions and understanding their impact on individuals and groups of color.
LGBTQIA+ issues: Understanding how sexuality and gender intersect with race and ethnicity to create unique experiences for individuals.
Social justice activism: Exploring ways to get involved in social justice activism for equity and racial justice.
Racial Justice: The fair treatment of people of all races and ethnicities, with a focus on ending discrimination, inequality, and oppression based on race.
Gender Justice: The fair treatment of all individuals, regardless of their gender or gender identity. This includes promoting equality between genders and fighting against gender-based oppression, such as sexism and misogyny.
LGBTQ+ Justice: The fair treatment of individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or other sexual or gender minorities. This includes fighting against discrimination, homophobia, and transphobia.
Disability Justice: The fair treatment of individuals with disabilities, including physical and mental disabilities, and working towards eliminating ableism and enabling full participation and inclusion.
Environmental Justice: The fair treatment of all communities in environmental policy and decision-making, with a focus on ending environmental racism and protecting marginalized communities from environmental harm.
Economic Justice: The fair distribution of resources and opportunities, regardless of an individual's economic status or background, with the goal of ending poverty and economic inequality.
Criminal Justice: The fair treatment of individuals within the criminal justice system, including ending police brutality, mass incarceration, and systemic racism within the justice system.
Reproductive Justice: The fair and comprehensive access to reproductive health services for all individuals, regardless of their gender, race, or socioeconomic status. This includes fighting against reproductive oppression and reproductive healthcare inequities.
Immigration Justice: The fair treatment of all individuals regardless of their immigration status, with a focus on ending discrimination, xenophobia, and deportation.
Indigenous Justice: The fair treatment of Indigenous peoples, including land rights, cultural preservation, and ending violence and oppression against Indigenous communities.
"The concept of social justice has often referred to the process of ensuring that individuals fulfill their societal roles and receive their due from society."
"The emphasis has been on the breaking of barriers for social mobility, the creation of safety nets, and economic justice."
"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."
"Interpretations that relate justice to a reciprocal relationship to society are mediated by differences in cultural traditions, some of which emphasize the individual responsibility toward society and others the equilibrium between access to power and its responsible use."
"Reinterpreting historical figures such as Bartolomé de las Casas."
"Gender, ethnic, and social equality, advocating justice for migrants, prisoners, the environment, and the physically and developmentally disabled."
"Classical and Christian philosophical sources, from Plato and Aristotle to Augustine of Hippo and Thomas Aquinas."
"The term social justice finds its earliest uses in the late 18th century, albeit with unclear theoretical or practical meanings."
"The term was popularized generically through the writings of Antonio Rosmini-Serbati."
"Progressive Era American legal scholars, particularly Louis Brandeis and Roscoe Pound."
"From the early 20th century it was also embedded in international law and institutions."
"John Rawls in A Theory of Justice (1971)."
"The Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action treats social justice as a purpose of human rights education."
"The use of the term was early on subject to accusations of redundancy and of rhetorical flourish."
"Luigi Taparelli coined and defined the term in a natural law social scientific treatise, establishing the natural law principle."
"Social justice is invoked today in efforts for gender, ethnic, and social equality, advocating justice for migrants, prisoners, the environment, and the physically and developmentally disabled."
"Social justice was made central to the philosophy of the social contract."
"Universal and lasting peace can be established only if it is based upon social justice."