A common theme that has been mentioned in the discussion is the idea of equality. After reading the required materials and watching the videos, I believe that Social Justice means just that. It is the idea that every individual within society will be treated fair. Social Justice is the understanding that no matter the color of skin, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, a person needs to be treated no different. We live in a society where unfortunately, people who go against what is considered the “social norm,” must parade, fight, and protest in order to be identified as an equal. It is interesting, yet sad, to see how inconsistent social justice is when the idea of travel bans are being put in place so that certain minorities may not …show more content…
The video was a great representation of how the impoverished are greatly suppressed within the court system. In the video it details how court appointed public defenders are at a great disadvantage against the district attorneys and prosecution due to cut backs and insufficient government funding. I was astonished to see how public defenders operate inside of the small office space, whereas on the other side of the spectrum, the district attorneys and prosecution work in a four story building. The district attorney of Orlando, Florida, stated, “public defenders whining about funding is foolish….as all of the elements of the criminal justice system are underfunded” (citation). This is hard to believe when the public defender stated the budget for the district attorney’s office is almost four times the amount of theirs. In the video the district attorney even states at one point that, “everyone accused of a crime has the right to be adequately represented,” (citation). I do not understand how individuals who have the right to an attorney can be adequately represented, when there is clearly a distinct disadvantage between who represents the government and who represents the people. As someone who would one day like to become a police officer, I believe that due process and the right to a fair trial are what keep court rooms fair and just. Giving the
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.
The United States have long battle immigration issues over the years with immigrants who take whatever measures necessary to make it to the United States. They take boats, hike across the border at night, are smuggled across the border in vehicles and are stow away on vessels and trains. The law that was passed in Alabama regarding immigration policies went into effect September 1, 2011. In addition, it will review the historical framework on this issue, the political context, the role of the media, the effect on the United States economy and labor force, and management strategies to promote inclusion in the workplace.
What does it mean to form a more just society for the common good? I will be examining Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” as well as Gustavo Gutierrez’s essay, “The Option for the Poor Arises from Love of Christ.” Dr. King examines the facets of social injustice through a letter that he wrote while imprisoned for a nonviolent public protest. King’s letter is in response to a letter from eight fellow clergymen. In the letter from the clergymen they criticize King’s due process in seeking justice and his social injustice movement, so King responds with what I believe to be one of the greatest examples of a man who personifies what it means to form a more just society for the common good. He does not only speak on his behalf, but he speaks out all of humanity. Likewise, Gustavo Gutierrez examines specifically the poor in a similar manner, but believes that these “poor” people have found the ultimate meaning in life and we should all seek to have that same spiritual connection to God, for it would make our society a better place. The preferential option for the poor is seeking a deeper connection to God by bringing justice to light. Gutierrez and Dr. King both exemplify men who have truly set an example on how to form a more just society for the common good of humanity.
‘Social Justice’ relates to fair distribution of every privilege we have to people and places that need it more such as, wealth, opportunities and privileges. Social Justice is definitely important to Australia as we need to help not just the people who are struggling on our streets. We also need help people that struggle in appalling conditions in countries, such as Cambodia. Thankfully, we have an abundance of non-profit organisation that help these developing countries, such as the New Futures Organisation. This organisation’s people are based in Takeo, Cambodia, they run an orphanage that cares for over 50 children and young people. They are also starting to develop a chain of schools to help educate people in remote rural villages. This
In America today, Social Justice involves claims for government provisions through a revised fairness doctrine. Delivered from the days, where obtaining value required human knowledge and effort. Now, social progressives use regulatory force to acquire one 's desires. Subsequently, the notion to produce desirable goods by rational thought and action, production and voluntary exchange, gives way to forcibly demanding goods from those who can supply them. In his first term, President Obama struggled with high unemployment, a forced and failing health care program, an auto bailout, and an almost one trillion dollar economic stimulus package, that was not quite shovel ready. Then, in the voice of Machiavelli , Obama spoke of the importance of fairness and fighting for the middle class stating, “The system was rigged against them and too many of the fiscal benefits were going to those at the very top.” While channeling Cicero and Grotius that the law of nature, which is binding upon all humans, amounts to nothing more than the voice of subjective reason. Obama aims directly against the philosophy of the Declaration that states, a Creator endows humankind with independence, to succeed or fail based upon human knowledge and effort. According to Sir William Blackstone, the man who greatly influenced the Founding Fathers ' view of property rights, government fairness is a legal responsibility not a redistributed one. For Blackstone, property is an absolute right consigned in the
This video is about Public Offender, where John Oliver talks about the right to the attorney. The right to the attorney was first introduced in 1963. It gave the right to an offender to have an attorney by a court to defend an offender. It was reported, 60-90% need the public attorney to highlight specific victims. Today, attorneys are overburden because there is an increase in a number of cases and decrease in the number of attorneys. New Orleans spends 7 minutes on each case. This rarely grants equal protection law to an offender. Some states charge defendants for public defenders, including the litany of fees. The court should increase the number of attorney or defender to make the case stronger. I believe that spending seven minutes on
I am Jazmin Orozco-Salcedo, and I am interested in the Bilingual Bookkeeper Position available at the Law Office of Robert L. Lewis, Immigrant Defense Group. I recently graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and an Italian Studies minor. I was born and raised in Oakland, California, a setting that exposed me to numerous social justice issues at a very young age. Being familiar with and often times a victim of the numerous social justice issues that plagued the community that raised me, I am extremely passionate about making a change to improve my community. Throughout the years, I have had numerous opportunities to work on addressing numerous social justice issues.
My passion for social justice and accountably led me to pursue a career that involves law and public policy. I seek to learn how to analyze social problems and contribute meaningful solutions. As a Ronald E. McNair Scholar, I have begun working on this skill and would like to build on it and one day apply it in the real world. One of my current research projects as an undergraduate student at the University of Washington concerns the United States economic policies towards Argentina during the Dirty War and their impact on Latin America today. I want to know why certain policies were put in place and what those in power hoped to get out of the new laws. Another one of my research projects concerns changes to the Tigris River from the late 19th century to today. Through mapping software, I map major changes in the river that are due to economically and politically motivated policies. With this research I highlight changes in major dam projects, canals and irrigation projects as well as groups of people and tribes dislocated by changes to the river.
I am committed to social justice. My life started off rough coming out of an abusive home. I have worked so hard to get myself to a place where I can help kids that were in an abusive home and have trauma like me. I am a Criminal Justice major here at Westfield State University. My end goal is to help kids in bad living situations. I want to help juveniles that haven't taken the straight path like I did. I feel as though I can help them see that your background doesn't matter, but handwork and passion does. I have experience that not many people have. I can touch these kids in a way that others can't. I want to lead them to a path of greatness and use their painful past as fuel to make an amazing future.
During my time as an undergraduate, I majored in philosophy but intentionally selected courses that would further my knowledge on my range of interests in social justice and law. As I started to engage and learn about theories of intersectionality, social and structural inequalities and constructs, I grew angry at the world we have created for ourselves to live in. I understood that the injustices imposed on people at the dangerous intersections of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, race, and ability are frequent and widespread. The oppressive forces that have allowed for the creation of such injustices have not only routinely excluded and silenced the voices of many groups of people, but have destroyed countless lives.
The six core values are Service, Social Justice, Dignity of worth of the person, Importance of the Human Relationship, Integrity, and Competence. Service is helping someone with nothing to gain. For example a lawyer doing a pro bono case. Social justice is basically fair and just the relationship between the individual and society. Its a political concept that all people should have equal rights to wealth, health, well-being, justice and opportunity.
The term social justice is normally used when referring to the ideas of equality and providing equal opportunities to pupils within school, regardless of their background, history or circumstances. Views of social justice can change depending on who is discussing the topic.
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.”
Social sciences and social justice are both based on the structure of rights. Our rights were designed to create equality for all. However, there are always outliers in our justice system and these outliers can be seen by all. My background and demographic are aggressively average growing up in a small, rural community with little diversity which has affected my views about justice. The class Social Problems and Social Injustice has aggressively opened my eyes to new statistics about society and has made some of my intuitions validated and destroyed some of my prior views. My new understanding of social justice is that is was created for all by excluding some. Justice is the structure of our institutions and society.
Social justice is mutually a practice and a goal. The goal of social justice is complete and equal contribution by all people in a society that is equally designed to meet their needs. Social justice allows for all members of society to be physically and psychologically safe and secure. It is a set of values that allow us to understand what is right and wrong in our world regardless of race, culture and economic status. That we take care of those in need of help, so that they can take care of themselves. Social justice allows equal rights and opportunities to everyone in society.