Argumentative Essay On Social Justice

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"I can turn on the television or open to the front page of the paper and see people of my race widely represented. If I am told about our national heritage or about “civilization, I am shown that people of my color made it what it is, If a traffic cop pulls me over or if the IRS audits my tax return, I can be sure I haven’t been singled out because of my race, if I wish I can arrange to be in the company of people of my race most of the time, If you read through the rest of the list, you can see how white people and people of color experience the world in two very different ways, BUT LISTEN: This is not said to make white people feel guilty about their privilege. It's not your fault you were born with white skin and experience these privileges, …show more content…

It can be used by different people, holding quite different views, to designate a wide variety of different things. Its obvious appeal stems from its persuasive strength, from its positive connotations, which allows the user to praise his own ideas and simultaneously express contempt for the ideas of those who don’t agree with him. Anyone who criticizes policies that carry the label “social justice” are immediately considered to be callous, insensitive, uncaring, and lacking in compassion. Those who oppose social justice policies are not against treating people in a just way. They firmly believe that most if not all social justice policies that involve the State are wrong and, in the long run, do more harm than good. Attaching the social justice label to a program does not make it a just and helpful program anymore than attaching a Mercedes Benz hood ornament to a Volkswagen will make it a luxury car.” DeMar was correct when he said social justice can be misused because of its ambiguity, the fact still stands that the problems this wide variety of people speak of still stands to be true. It would be ignorant to say that just because it's labeled a social justice issue that these large variety of people that he mentioned aren’t trying to pull wool over your

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