Meritocracy´s Rise
Sean Roldan
Mrs. R. Heywood
English 2
26 September 2024
Social Justice
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” – Martin Luther King Jr. Social justice can manifest in many forms: physically, mentally, socially, and more. It seems to profoundly impact our lives as it is evident wherever we look. Social justice is synonymous with equal rights, whether socially, commonly, politically, or otherwise. It can take any shape or form as long as it embodies freedom.
From my personal experience, social justice can be as simple as karma. For instance, when you offer your bus seat to a lady or return something a stranger has dropped, you may feel rewarded in the end. Conversely, it can be as harsh as facing punishment for poor behavior at school or getting caught lying to your parents. This perception of social justice is just one of many interpretations.
For an example of karma, in the book “American Born Chinese,” The Monkey King is socially judged by other Gods for being a monkey. The Monkey King fights them and ends up defeating them all. Because of this, he also faces consequences for his actions. The Monkey King, full of ego, challenges the God and creator of time. His punishment, being trapped under a boulder for his arrogance and defiance, serves as a form of social justice.
Social justice also can take other forms such as freedom of rights, whereas people in the past, for example, African Americans, were divided into the lesser group to the “Superior” white men. Having different houses, lifestyles, workplaces, buildings, and so forth. They were also discriminated against and used for unlawful purposes like being slaves. And to that injustice, they protested and fought for their rights, or justice as one might call it.
In conclusion, envisioning a future where social justice makes the world a better place involves imagining a system where actions, both good and bad, are permanently rated. This system would tally and display how good or sweet a person is, not just with a rating, but by showing the accumulated actions that have contributed to that rating. With each person having the option to decide what is good and worthy or not to them. This would be a beneficiary factor that can tell who or what that type of person is or such. This would ensure equal justice and freedom for everyone, highlighting the positive and negative aspects of one’s life. Without complete control. And without discrimination or hate.
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