The readings for this week were very interesting to me. I agree with Lydia, I also think that Pelton made an interesting arugment about viewing social justice through social identity and the individual. However, I believe the two factors are relevant within each other to successfully obtain social justice. Social justice involves individuals through their social identity. Each individual has different expectations or stereotypes based upon their social identity, or which "group" they belong too. Although, trying to meet the expectations to obtain social justice for a specific group of individuals, for example African Americans, can be unjustice to other individuals. That is where the dilemma occurs, trying to maintain social justice for all individuals equally. Back to my example, like in the ted talks we watched in class, the Korean store owner was affected by the riots happening in her neighborhood, but no one noticed her suffer or injustice because the priority at the time was to end the cause of the riots which were affecting another group of individuals, African Americans.
So the question remains, How do we promote social justice when the most important factor to the community is pleasing the individual, not the community as a whole.
This posting has opened my eyes somewhat. I can remember the talks of the Korean lady and how that the riots had affected her lively hood and how unjust that was to her. But at the same time the riots themselves were not a social work output but rather a desperate showing of frustration of the result of the trial. But I can see clearer now the point that is being made.
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