Social Justice Definitions
Social justice defined in one simple word.
What is equality?
Co-founder of the United Farm Workers (UFW) and the woman who coined the phrase "Sí se puede" + advocated for immigrant and women's rights.
Who is Dolores Huerta
The late 19th and early 20th centuries witnessed the rise of a campaign dedicated to securing voting rights for women.
What is the women's suffrage movement?
Prejudice based on sexual orientation
What is homophobia?
Discrimination based on perceived biological differences that show up in our skin color, hair color, eye color etc.
What is racial injustice?
Social justice seeks equal rights, opportunities, and treatment for all, regardless of their _____?. (name at least 2)
Race, gender, religion, ability, etc.
Black American minister, activist, political philosopher a civil rights leader, and Baptist.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
Activist who fought against the racist policies of apartheid, which institutionalized segregation and discrimination in South Africa.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
A mental tendency, preference or prejudice.
What is a bias?
This element of social justice fights for rights for personal liberty and participation in government
civil and political rights
The idea of equal economic opportunities in social justice has to do with ___________ (provide at least 1 example)
What is equal access to resources/education/and conditions?
American activist in the civil rights movement, best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This decades‑long struggle, led by figures such as Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, used nonviolent resistance, civil disobedience, and mass mobilization to end nearly 200 years of British colonial rule in South Asia.
What is the Indian Independence Movement?
The fear, prejudice and hatred of Muslims
What is Islamophobia?
_______ means everyone can have medical services at a reasonable price.
What is access to quality healthcare?
Unlike equality which gives everyone the same things, this fair treatment, access, and opportunity for all, recognizing different needs and historical disadvantages that might mean more support for some groups.
equity
American labor leader and civil rights activist and co-founded the National Farm Workers Association.
Who is César Chávez?
A 21st century social movement and awareness campaign against sexual abuse, sexual harassment and rape culture led by the voices of women
What is #MeToo?
A generalized, simplistic and insulting image or idea about the characteristics of a social group.
What is a stereotype?
This social justice element fights the growing gap between the wealthy and the poor.
What is economic disparity?
In this year, the U.S. Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional, becoming a cornerstone of the modern civil rights movement!! yipee
What is in 1954?
Pakistani female education activist, film and television producer, and the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize laureate at the age of 17.
Who is Malala Yousafzai?
The spontaneous riots and demonstrations against a police raid at a gay club in 1969 that began the national Gay Rights movement.
What are the Stonewall Riots?
Acting on feelings of prejudice/stereotypical bias.
What is discrimination?
The element of social justice that ensures people's voices are heard and they have a real influence in decisions that affect their lives is called ____________.
What is participation?