Is Discrimination A Form Of Social Injustice

Discrimination: A Form of Social Injustice

Concepts in human life select different paths with time and space. In a specific region of the world for example, a concept may turn to become a law; whereas in the same region but in a different era, the same concept may change from a law to be a manner whether social, economic, or political. For instance, the concept of social justice nowadays seem to be a model that you could barely find someone who is against it; however, at some ancient times, the term social justice, as Brendan Edgeworth points in one of his journals, seemed to be more like an oxymoron (Edgeworth, 2012). In fact, the definition of social justice holds a load of complexity, an appealing concept that almost no one is against and

This reason in specific leads to various types of discrimination and among which is gender inequality. These beliefs promote a gender not only as more important of the other, however gives power of the first over the latter. They illustrate the man as the stronger and smarter creature that has more positive features than a woman. Unfortunately this is the case nowadays in most countries. Especially in the Arab world where the male dominates over the female in every aspect in a society (Joseph, 1994) . Men are given much power than women whether at work where men occupy highest positions and decide what is better for women to do, education, politics, life independent choices, or even playing sports where media highlight men sports much more than women’s (Kidder, n.d.). Historically, patriarchy was obvious in almost all life domains including the religious, social, political, economic, and legal organizations in most of the cultures (Malti-Douglas, 2007). In turn, this inequality encouraged a huge sample of the population to well-establish the concept of gender discrimination in their minds as natural reality, which with time became almost impossible to change for some people. And this led to the rise of social exclusion that’s a dangerous and increasing phenomenon that exclude a individual symbolically from a society (Craig, n.d) . Moreover, cultural and religious beliefs, texts, and

Unfortunately, people nowadays see the justice as an abstract term, something that is almost impossible to apply. All people are different; they are of different race, gender, and culture. However what the human race is missing is the fact that this diversity is essential and crucial. Different gender, race, or culture develops a human population of a specific function and role in building up the human economic, social, and political life. Emotionally speaking, no one deserves to live as a victim or inferior to other just because he/she was born to a specific culture in a specific place; no one deserves to live the fear of being beaten, or left without education or healthcare because of the state he/she was born in. In short, the best unequal treatment could be based on the performance of every human on working for a better tomorrow of his family, nation, and