Critical Social Justice

• Concedes that inequality is a part of society.
• Aims to change it.

(Sensoy and DiAngelo preface, p.2)
• All people are individuals, but they are also members of social groups.
• These social groups are valued unequally in society.
• Social groups that are valued more highly have greater access to the resources of a society.
• Social injustice is real, exists today, and results in unequal access to resources between groups of people.
• Those who claim to be for social justice must be engaged in self-reflection about their own socialization into these groups (their "positionality") and must strategically act from that awareness in ways that challenge social injustice.
• This action requires a commitment to an ongoing and lifelong process.

• Social injustice depends whether people understand social justice or not.

• Recognizes structural inequality between groups.

• Understands the reality of social justice currently.

• How do we practice social justice?

  • It's a lifestyle, a constant behaviour.
  • Entropy will fuck it up, it needs maintenance and constant improvements.