America Today : Social Justice

The Granges ultimate goal was to help farmers “gain economic leverage and strengthen the commercial position of the American farmer” (Globalyceum, The Gilded Age and the Progressive Era, 1877-1914). The Labor Unions and the Grange set up social justice for the workers during the Gilded Age. They both built social solidarity and collaborative action, as well as empowered the workers to exercise self-determination, realize their full potential, and fight for what they deserved as workers.

By 2020 in the state of California the average white man will be minority, and a man from Mexican descent will be of the majority. This stat is foretelling of the world we are progressing to. America’s label as a giant melting pot will continue to ring true as we see more and more immigrants migrate to the states. Majority of these immigrants are fleeing from war or civil turmoil. They flee to America in hopes to live a better life and be able to safely fertile a new beginning.

Achieving justice in American society today is complicated. Society as a whole is indifferent on what justice is defined by. The United States government creates laws and punishments for breaking those laws. The foundation of all laws in America is the constitution. Judges and/or panels determine the consequences of breaking those laws that are protected and enforced by lawyers and lawmen. The challenge here is to truly determine what is to be considered justice for the state of the society “deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed” (Jefferson, 1776), and not that for a lone individual or a specific group. To bend rules or the law in a way to make a few happy is truly that of injustice.

Social oppression is socially supported mistreatment and exploitation of a group or category of people by anyone. Oppressors usually suffer from the need to be Socially Dominant over others in order to retain power or assert power (Sidanius, Jim. Social Dominance: An Intergroup Theory of Social Hierarchy and Oppression. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2001.). Social dominance is commonly the root cause of social oppression. The United States has always claimed the moral high ground on human rights and equality, yet our history is fettered with situations of discrimination and oppression of many different demographics. Our American culture is greatly diverse and

In the world, both rich and poor countries have got different forms of social injustices that their respective societies are going through. Briefly this paper will address social injustices in the United States and under the social injustices, the paper will focus more on Economy, health and society injustices. This will be approached with three questions; Firstly, why is it important for American people to know about social injustices in the States? Secondly, how has America’s social justice been violated and why? Lastly, what are some of the measures that the US government has taken to address the issue of social injustices, which include Unemployment, endless crimes and terrorism, social classes in American societies with different

People always praise our world is beautiful and peaceful, but they ignore the injustices still exist and some of them without good solutions. Although people believe social injustices are unfair and will bring pain and tear, they are used to treating them as air because they never experience these unequal things. Likewise, the discrimination occurs both in upper class and regular class between Puerto Ricans and Mexicans. For example, there was an obvious discrimination happened in the speech of the Republican nomination for president election. At that time, Donald Trump, who was one of the speakers, believed that force illegal immigrants repatriation can be the best way to make America great again. Because Mr. Trump recognized these immigrants only bring drugs and crimes to the U.S., and they occupied a large number of jobs which made the unemployment rate increasing currently. In addition, he said if he becomes the president, he will declared three principals and two of them can be social injustices. Firstly, America has to build a wall across the U.S.-Mexico border that stowaway cannot enter America illegally. Secondly, the laws must be fully enforced illegal immigrants to go back to Mexico. In addition, Mr. Tramp is not the only person who gets rise to injustices, but the social injustices and discrimination also happened in various aspects.

Fear and cruelty are the weapons of animals, not humanity, and social injustices derive from fear-the masked ego of one who has sustained through power: white power. It is only fair to continue to talk about social injustice by defining what is social justice. Social justice embodies a framework (and certainly not limited to) a community, a united nation, equitable in standing together in belief and acceptance of diversity; equality; freedom; and equal opportunity to income and its privileges. Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States of America proclaims that "a house divided cannot stand." I believe President Lincoln is correct with his statement, if the "house" is not endowed in a universal cause and foundation, then the infrastructure is faulty and will collapse. Here is how this connects to social justice, if that same "house" is not socially just, separation will impel and will cause dilapidation within the foundation. This paper will implement foci on Michelle Alexander 's (The New Jim Crow) approach of the social issue of a "new Jim Crow" system of mass incarceration in a colorblind society, and Barbara Ehrenreich 's (Nickle and Dimed) notion to the social injustice that derives from a capitalistic driven society that undermines the working lower-class men and women. With the forth

There are many concepts I feel very strongly about. One of this concepts include social justice for all. We did not get to choose our ethnicity, our gender, our place of birth, our parents, or our families economic standing, but despite this, all these factors greatly influence who we are and where we start in this world. While there is still much for me to explore in the USA, I also wish to go visit the places I always here people talk about. I grew up conflicting between my parents referring to anyone south of the US border as "roaches" while also being best friends with a first generation United States citizen whose parents came from Mexico. Long before this point, I have decided that my parents opinions were not going to effect my own,

Coming from a war-torn country, I was informed by the concepts of social injustice and gender inequality at a young age. Whether it was witnessing my girl-friend forced to dress up as a boy or witnessing many of my classmates forced to drop out of middle-school by their parents, I was constantly reminded of what it meant to be a teenager, a girl, in a country full of restrictions and limited opportunities. Nonetheless, I was fortunate to be raised in a household with an activist father that has dedicated his life in improving the quality of education in Afghanistan and a mother that wanted her daughters to pursue the education she could not. The values and beliefs they imposed on me gave me a clear idea of what I wanted to pursue in the future.

One way to make a difference in your community is to be an advocate for social justice issues. To learn more about social justice, let's investigate human rights and some important figures who have worked to promote social justice in their communities.

The notion of justice is existence of proper balance of rights and its access under the laws of land. It refers to not depriving any person from availing privileges, opportunities etc. John Rawls writes, "Each person possesses an inviolability founded on justice that even the welfare of society as a whole cannot override"It means that the interaction in a society must be free from any sort of discrimination such as religion, race, color, caste or sex. It ensures fair distribution of assets and equal opportunity. José P. Laurel defines Social Justice as “Social justice is neither communism, nor despotism, nor atomism, nor anarchy, but the humanization of laws and the equalization of social and economic forces by the state so that justice in its rational and objectively secular conception may at least be approximated.”

This first paper assignment for me was very fair and was also one that was very enjoyable. The reason being we were able to choose a social justice organization that has some interest to us. This assignment had a very loose feeling in terms of structure. Aside from analyzing the organization's’ website, the rest was a free write about how we defined social justice in our own words. In my revision of my paper, I adjusted certain sentences to help provide some clarity of my message to the reader. I took out chunks of the essay that seemed to be out of place, intending to help reconstruct the fluidity of the paper. I also extended some sentences that were unclear by providing more details to help explain and strengthen the so what of my sentences.

As social workers, we have the responsibility to recognize and challenge social and economic injustices that too often affect the client system well-being. Even Today, the proposal to repeal The Affordable Health Care Act has captivated the attention of many as the changes could potentially negatively affect the poor. As a social worker, I am concerned because many of my clients parallel to Ms. Buttercup situation could develop a heighten level of stress because they fear the loss of health care coverage.

What is Social Justice? Social justice is considered to be justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society. In the early 1800s slavery was very prominent in America. There was such a divide between African Americans and Europeans. As time progressed it seems as though America has been on a “downward spiral”. Over time it has become progressively worse. The Civil Rights movement is a prime example of the deficiency amongst minorities in America. African Americans were deprived of jobs, opportunities, social privileges, and ostracized because of the color of their skin. However, this is not the half of the diversity in America, yet along the world. If we dig beneath the surface we will soon find that social justice is not just confined to African Americans, it goes for all people who are oppressed for who they truly are. How can we resolve the issue at hand? It is impossible to promote with just one person it has to be a group effort. “We” can promote social justice by spreading the word, supporting local organizations, and lastly embracing diversity.

If the concept of a perfect world were a large puzzle, justice and equality would be the pieces needed to complete it. However, just as the idea of a perfect world is fictitious, the notion of unadulterated justice and equality is utopic. It says so in the United States “Declaration of Independence” that “all men are created equal” however, social justice and impartiality remain a significant issue all societies around the world face (Jefferson). Social justice is the state in which exists when equality of equal rights and opportunity is well apparent throughout the general public. In order to create a world that is just, it is crucial to focus on all aspects of equal rights and opportunity because it is central to any well- functioning society