Social Justice is equality and fairness for all human beings. It is the subject of many official Catholic teachings and Catholics Organisation. To understand the reasons for the compassion and love by Catholics seeking peace and justice for all humanity, it is important to examine a specific example of human injustice in the world today.
Racial discrimination is prejudice behaviour towards a person, based on their race. It is when someone is subject to abusive deportment because they are from a different race. These actions occur in every day society because people don’t think, act or believe in the same things as they do. Racial discrimination causes people to feel that they are unwelcome to be that they were born and raised to become. This causes serious effects on that person’s life and everyone else’s who comes into contact with them, as they may become withdrawn or even change the way they are just to fit in. This issue causes many people to feel like there is no peace or justice towards them, as they are apart of the overall world population.
The issue of racial discrimination defies some of God and Jesus’ commandments. Hitler attempted to commit mass genocide on all the Jewish people. The Klu Klux Klan, also known as the KKK, set out to murder all of the African Americans. As God’s 5th Commandment states, “You shall not kill,” it applies to all types of murders, being for any reason such as racial discrimination, with the prime examples being Hitler and the KKK. A person could kill a person by physical means or by mental means, as telling someone to kill themselves is classified, by law, to be attempted manslaughter. The 8th commandment explores the fact that everyone should be treated equally no matter the reason. “You ...
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...Every person has a right to feel safe in his or her own home and throughout society, being treated equally by everyone that they encounter, as race should not be a factor for a difference in actions. As stated in John 7:24, “…Do not judge by appearance, but judge with right judgment…” everyone should be allowed to experience life without the burden of what they look like, believe in and act like. The actions of many people have disfigured the way that God planned creation to be, and by acting in the manner of discrimination, they are not living out their lives in God’s image. People have been unjustly treated for actions they have not done and some even murdered in a horrific way. No one should be subject to such treatment in any way, shape or form. Social Justice is shown through racial discrimination in the way the laws and church have helped to eradicate this beh
Massaro, Thomas, S.J. Living Justice: Catholic Social Teaching in Action. Plymouth, UK: Rowman & Littlefield, 2012. 70+. Print.
Racial prejudice is discrimination based on the color of ones skin. An example is when Tom Robinson is convicted in his trial. Tom was convicted because he was a black man and his word was not considered as important or truthful as a white man's word. Tom never should have been accused of the crime, but because whites do not trust blacks he was found guilty. Atticus, Tom's attorney, recognized the system wasn't going to change. "When it's a white man's word against a black man's, the white man always wins." (220) Another example
We need to put aside our pasts and try to find the common ground we share in Christ and become reconciled to each other that neither black or white is superior, but we are just the same in God’s eyes and we all bleed in the same color.
Ever since America was found, there has not been social equality. African Americans were slaves for hundreds of years. During World War II, people discriminated the Japanese. Today, people are discriminating Muslims. People have repeated this part of history so many times, that it keeps happening. South Carolina Slave Laws, established in 1740, starts out article ten by saying “Slaves being objects of property...” (Bowdoin College). In the eighteenth century, people didn’t even think of African Americans as people, just property. This feeling has been passed on from generation to generation. In, To Kill a Mockingbird, Tom Robinson, a black man, was accused of raping a white woman. After being claimed guilty, he was shot and killed. “In Maycomb, Tom’s death was typical,” said the narrator Scout Finch (Lee, 275). People were not fazed by a black man being killed because it has happened so many times in the
The idea of social justice was surprisingly initially rooted within the Catholic Church, who was conservative and against democracy. The term Social Justice was initially coined by Luigi Taparelli D’Azeglio, who was born in Italy and was a devoted catholic who worked for the Catholic Church. Burke T. P. (2008) Thomas Patrick burke illustrates how Luigi Taparelli D’Azeglio noted that “Social Justice should, therefore, level all men in regard to the rights given with their humanity, since the Creator has equalized them by nature; man fulfills the intentions of his maker by acting according to the norm of this justice.” Burke T. P. (2008) Explain that Luigi Taparelli D’Azeglio idea originated from the bible idea of all man being equal, but describes how in order to have social justice Luigi Taparelli D’Azeglio emphasized in taking into...
Wojtyla, Karol. "On Social Concern." Catholic Social Teaching. Office For Social Justice. 1 Nov. 2004 www.osjspm.org/cst/srs.htm
While browsing through articles on the internet, I came across many related to the topic of racism. I am beginning to feel as if I am surrounded by stories of racism. From the KKK’s aggressive campaign against immigrants, to the police violence against black people in cites throughout our nation, racism and discrimination continue to be problems. One story stood out to me and continues to make me uncomfortable. Malachi Wilson, a five year-old boy, could not attend his first day of kindergarten in Seminole, Texas. What could he have done to warrant the principal’s rejection? His hair was simply too long.
Mankind hates mankind. Humans are innately afraid of change and difference. This could’ve possibly stemmed from an instinct from caveman times where anything different was deadly. In today’s age, we often treat people who are diverse whether it be age, gender, or race, differently. We treat other human beings as hostile because they are different, and when I think about that I wonder why can’t we be friends.
Racial Discrimination is a practice where one is treated less favorable due to their race or characteristics associated with he/she race. Within the United States there are many causes of were race matter within society, and unfortunately still does. Although it may not be obvious people still judge others by what they are and what they look like. Racial discrimination is a bias practice that is done everyday. Within this study it was able to point out what exactly leads to those to enable in such thoughts and practices. To be able to do this researchers look upon ones personal life aspects such as point of view, behavior, and environment, which was able to predict how likely one, is to be racial discriminative towards others. Using race a systematic way of life, it is heard for older generation to get out the mentality of looking pass skin color. Although times have change within American society issues such as race will never change.
Racism is a setback in personal relations between people of different cultures. My family comes from Mexican descent and is constantly being shunned. I personally had never been discriminated because of my race or my culture, but it all changed the day my mother decided it would be a good idea to take a trip with my father. My family isn’t a family hard to identify; we look, act, and talk like Mexicans and that caused a bitter disagreement up north. For the first time I experienced the horrors of racial discrimination.
In the United States and internationally, there is a multitude of indicators that the racial environment is changing. Environmental pollution and racism are connected in more ways than one. The world is unconsciously aware of environmental intolerances, yet continues to expose the poor and minorities to physical hazards. Furthermore, sociologist continue to study “whether racial disparities are largely a function of socioeconomic disparities or whether other factors associated with race are also related to the distribution of environmental hazards” (Mohai and Saha 2007: 345). Many of these factors include economic positions, health disparities, social and political affairs, as well as racial inequalities.
I do not believe there to be a sole or simplistic definition of “social justice.” From my readings, viewing of videos and lectures, I find social justice to be a comprehensive view of many perspectives. For the sake of this assignment, I will define social justice to be the fair and equal treatment/equality and opportunity for advancement for all citizens regarding justice, healthcare, human rights, wealth, education, employment, taxation, and basic human needs in society regardless of race, socioeconomic status, gender, culture, and religious affiliation among other things that pertain to life. The greatest area of focus appears to be on the increase in income inequality, the reduction of poverty and improving the standards of living for individuals in both wealthy and poor countries (Social Justice In An Open, 2006, p. 2). With that being said, I agree with the stated positon of the United Nations that, “Social justice may be broadly understood as the fair and compassionate distribution of the fruits of economic growth; . . .” (Social Justice In an Open . . ., 2006, p. 7). Simply put, everyone is entitled to fair and equal
Prejudice refers to one’s biased opinions and ideas of others, based on secondary information. Hence, the internalized ideas concerning the prejudiced members in society does not result from personal experiences, but information from third parties. Where prejudice is prevalent, the social relationships between the concerned individuals become strained and unmanageable. The existence of equality in society discourages the frequency of prejudice on racial grounds. The content of this discussion explores the concept of prejudice, as it relates to racial inequality and discrimination. The discussion features the Emmanuel AME Church shooting scenario, which characterizes racial discrimination and inequality. The discussion further examines the role
Racial discrimination was brought to the peak of popularity in mass media in the 1960's with the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement. Southern United States was the front line of the battle for equal rights for not only black men, but also black women. The unification through the terrors of racism brought hope and a fighting chance to the cause. Kathryn Stockett uses the characterization of Minny Jackson through point-of-views of herself and other characters in her novel, The Help, to develop the conflicting ideas of the African American women ideology, Africana womanism.
Specifically, as it pertains to Christian ideology or its belief system that is constructed and maintained to deal with moral issues in personal experience and social relations (Association of Religion Data Archives, n.d.). The notion of social justice is evident in the Bible and aligns well with Christ’s teachings that form the foundation of the Christian faith (Edwards, p. 12, 2011). In terms of justice, the Bible is clear regarding the expectation of doing and not just talking (Edwards, p. 11, 2011): This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be that person? (I John