Social justice promotes fair and equality in society whereby everyone is treated fair and equal under the law and guiding principles of society regardless of race, colour, caste, creed, religion, or sex. Throughout history, where there is social justice, you would consequently find peace, harmony, and prosperity in society as a whole.
We can definitely view the issue of social injustices using the 3-legged stool philosophy to approach how we endeavour to solve this problem. The platform of the stool is the social injustice including racism, gender bias, etc., that needs to be completely eradicated.
The first leg of the stool is the systemic injustices as beautifully elaborated by Seth Godin: “The systemic, cruel and depersonalizing history of Black subjugation in my country has and continues to be a crime against humanity. It’s based on a desire to maintain power and false assumptions about how the world works and how it can work. It’s been amplified by systems that were often put in place with mal-intent, or sometimes simply because they felt expedient. It’s painful to look at and far more painful to be part of or to admit that exists in the things that we build. We can’t permit the murder of people because of the color of their skin. Institutional racism is real, it’s often invisible, and it’s pernicious.”
Therefore, we have serious work to do to treat all men and women as equals.
The second leg is the data that supports the social injustices as factual and truthful. There are historical evidence that have been collected for over 400 years! Hence, it is absolutely unjustifiable to deny that social injustices exist in our society.
Finally, the last leg, probably the most important part of the equation, is the ability for each individual to speak up and stand by one’s conviction of change to a critical point of the willingness to die for what one believes is right for our society. The founding fathers were willing to die for Liberty when they signed the Declaration of Independence. Socrates, Galileo, Mahatma Gandhi, and Dr. Martin Luther King died for what they believed in. This may seemed drastic but are you willing to die for what you fervently believe is the positive change our society needs? If so then stand up, speak up, look up, motivate up, encourage up, and vote up!
“We need a voice against racism, we need many voices against racism and brutality. And we need to stand up and say that black lives matter.” — Senator Mitt Romney
“If, going forward, we can channel our justifiable anger into peaceful, sustained, and effective action, then this moment can be a real turning point in our nation’s long journey to live up to our highest ideals.” — Former President Barack Obama
I end with a quote from Kaleth O. Wright, Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force:
“I must do better. Like you, I don’t have all of the answers, but I’m committed to seeing a better future for this nation. What have I been doing? Not enough. I can only look in the mirror for the solution.”
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