Social Justice

The article I had found is called, “Social Justice Along a Continuum” by Collin R. Bonnycastle. This article was very long and I did not read the entire article, but from what I did read I have gathered a lot of new information. Especially since I had no prior knowledge about social justice before this assignment. I most definitely have heard about it, but have never understood it. What I have gathered from this article is that social justice is about trying to make everyone feel included. Social justice tries steering clear away from inequality, unfairness, and tries to allow for equal possibilities for everyone. Although this was the general definition I gathered from this article, this article was mostly about how the definition of social justice is mobile, meaning that with every situation comes a new definition of social justice which I agree with and find very interesting.

However, just using the single definition I had gathered, social justice is most certainly is vital to the classroom. Allowing every student to feel as though they are just as important and equal to the other students is most certainly important. There have been many classes where it has been very apparent that the teacher has a favorite, and this just makes students feel somewhat bad. I know that it is nearly impossible to not have and pick favorites for teachers, but how you go about treating students is very important to creating a comfortable environment.

Although social justice can mean different things to different people, the ideas are always relatively similar. The ideas that the article talked about were race, gender, politics, etc. All things that by saying the wrong thing can make someone feel outcasted. This article talked about promoting social justice and being aware of the culture that is surrounding you. I think that this is essential especially in the classroom. So many students will come from all sorts of backgrounds and it is important to make all students feel included no matter what.