Social Justice Definition Essay

Social justice is a word which could have many possible meanings, there isn’t one definition which could describe this word, depending on what type of a person you are you might have a different definition of social justice for example someone from the government might see the meaning of social justice way different than a normal human being. If I were to define social justice I would say it’s to promote a just society, it exists when people share a common humanity and therefore have a right to equitable treatment and a fair allocation of community services. In condition of social justice, people are "not be discriminated against, nor their welfare and well-being constrained or prejudiced on the basis of gender, sexuality, religion, political affiliations, age, race,

belief, disability, location, social class, socioeconomic circumstances, or other characteristic of background or group membership" (Toowoomba Catholic Education, 2006). Also social justice is taking care of the least advantage members of our society, everyone deserves to be treated fairly so we must look after them as well because if we don’t than we are not being just with the lower class. Social Justice is a small word with a big effect on society.

If we want our society to be just than we have to be fair with everyone in the society with the distribution of wealth and many more things, we must learn to be just with others to create a society which is full of justice, we don’t need to be equal with everyone because justice is not defined as equality but we need to be fair, fair with the people around us.
Social injustice globally, locally, in your school community
There is a lot of social injustice in our world today but if we were to look at one globally than that would be Access to health in many 3rd world countries and not just 3rd world in many countries people don’t haves access to health care because they have to pay for it and many cannot afford to pay. Many poor people around the world die but if they got treated properly maybe their lives could have been saved. Not everyone can afford health care and we are being unjust to them by just leaving them and letting them die because they can’t pay for their health care, they are to be treated fairly like the upper class people.
Social injustice locally in Cambridge would be poverty, there are many beggars on the streets who don’t have a roof to cover their heads or enough money to eat some food, their all unemployed and are not given a chance to get a job because of how they look, their clothes are ripped and there dressed poorly which stops them from getting employed.

They are not treated fairly in our community and are not looked at the same way as the upper class people.
Social injustice in our school would be racism, many new students who come to our school are left out and not looked at the same way, and for example the international students are left out and are looked as different and not given much attention by the students. Many people are racist against each other’s colour they don’t care whether it hurts the other people’s feelings they are just racist

overall.
Some solutions for this injustice would be to give the poor people free health care, they don’t have enough money to pay for their health care so therefore they can’t get treated, if we can’t make it free than make it a lot less expensive than it already is for the poor. We don’t need to do that for the rich because they can afford it, and it’s not hard for them to pay for their health care. We are trying to be just not equal because justice is not equality. For people in our own city Cambridge who are living in poverty we need to give them the chance of getting them a job. There are many unemployed people you will find in Cambridge downtown who are just sitting on the streets, they need to get employed and they are looking for a job which can be provided for them. They need a job and they should get a chance to be employed and once that happens than I believe there will be a lot less people sitting on the streets without anything to eat and without any shelter. Last but not least the injustice in our school which is racism needs to go away and to prevent that from happening students need to treat others the way they want to be treated everyone should get treated fairly and nicely, no matter from which background anyone is they all deserve to be happy and not be judged for their skin colour or for their background. It’s our as students responsibility to treat them all with respect and care and make them feel like home because many come from far away countries and after feeling left out they might not even want to stay in this school. Overall it’s our job to make them feel like home and to stop all the racism which takes place in our school community.
Social justice can have many different meanings towards it but this is how I would describe social justice and the social injustice which takes place in our world today.