As a concept, social justice is indeed lofty, noble, ideal. It breaks down all the barriers artificially created. Which are these imitation barriers? They are class, creed, religion, region, language, and gender. Currently, two more are being added to these which we will discuss a little later.
The social justice rhetoric always operates through binaries. One of these is the positive, the other negative. Yet another possibility is that one would be powerful, the other powerless. These variations can continually change as they are comparatively superficial. The base binary, however, is the insider-outsider one.
The entire debate is rooted in all aspects of the humanities, anthropology to zoonotics, though the second half of this equation is, more, in the STEM category. We have included it here for the rhetorical flourish and oratory based eloquence of the 'a to z' variety. Yet the fulcrum of the discussion is history.
The social justice consists in repairing the historical wrongs meted out to the party considered weak, ill-treated, and hence in need of hand holding. The execution of this principle is considered a token to humane and equal considerations.
Currently, however, it is getting more politicised. Yet another problem is that it is getting both racial and radicalised. As a result, it becomes a strategy of exclusion in its own way, creating the same cycle of victimhood yet again. Real social justice would be to stop this circular process and its spiral re-vision. Only then can social justice be equal and equitable.
Pratima@ Social justice should not lead to new inequalities. That would be truly inhuman(e).
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