What Is Social Justice?

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“We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape It.”; quoted by Barack Obama. This quote represents that all gender and races can come together to make a better society. Human beings were not put on earth to live in fear or fear the future that awaits them. Their mission is to serve a special purpose in society. By helping to create a better society, there would be fewer problems to worry about in cases such as education, economic, social, and health problems. By all races and genders accepting and respecting one another personal beliefs, they can create a more just, sustainable, fair society. “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost, “Theme for English B” by Langston Hughes, “Ain’t I a Woman” by Sojourner Truth, and ‘No Bikini” by Ivan E. …show more content…

The concept of social justice means finding justice for all genders and races that have been mistreated whether it is physical, mentally, or verbally by others. Social justice is stopping inequality within society and helping others that fall from injustice towards society. With social justice provided, it helps make the world a just, sustainable, fair place. The most effective method for a positive change is taking time and doing activities with each other to understand individual’s belief, and their identity. In addition, respecting and accepting the way an individual identify their selves can create a positive change.

In “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost, one neighbor wants to break down the wall that separates both of them. They each need something from each other whether it is food or resources. Each year, they come together to discuss ways to fix the wall that separates each other. This neighbor wants his other neighbor to join together as an "entire "community despite their belief and differences. His perspective is that coming together will solve issues and gain different ideas to make their society. Removing this barrier would create a better, just stainable …show more content…

Within “Theme for B” by Langston Hughes, Hughes finds some similarities towards another race. "I like to work, read, learn, and understand life…I guess being colored doesn’t make me NOT like the same things other folks like who are other races.”(443). Hughes wants races that separate themselves from others, to realize that they all have at least share one a similar quality as individuals. Coming together as all races can create an outcome of solving economic and social issues. The concept of social justice relates to English Theme B because races such as African Americans and others are not treated and viewed the same compared to whites. Whites tend to themselves as superior to other races. By them feeling superior to other races, each race separates themselves from one another. Hughes wants his professor to see that Blacks also share common likable things as of the professor race as he is white. By Hughes wanting to show his professor this, he hopes to educate his professor into coming together peacefully and helping society out. Whites see themselves as their own individual race and brushes away other races. By finding social justice, races can help create a just, fair, stainable society by accepting and respecting one another beliefs. Also, it is wanting to make the world a better place by figuring out ways and strategies to fix all social issues within the

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