Social Justice: justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society. Consensus: a general agreement. Democracy:government by the people especially : rule of the majority.
Six Fundamental Moral Values:
Haidt’s "Moral Foundations Theory" holds that there are six fundamental moral values that extend across cultures and even to some primates:
Care: cherishing and protecting others; opposite of harm.
Fairness or proportionality: rendering justice according to shared rules; opposite of cheating.
Liberty: the loathing of tyranny; opposite of oppression.
Loyalty or in group: standing with your group, family, nation; opposite of betrayal.
Authority or respect: obeying tradition and legitimate authority; opposite of subversion.
Sanctity or purity: abhorrence for disgusting things, foods, actions; opposite of degradation.
Other considerations might be:
Liberals focus more on care, liberty, and fairness; they want change and justice, even at risk of chaos
Conservatives focus more on institutions and traditions; want order even at the cost to those at the bottom
Libertarians seek to uphold liberty as the primary political good and see less of a role for the state; rather stressing the individual's capacity to make their own judgements.
Haidt’s suggestion: Liberals and conservatives need each other like yin/yang - to create cooperative groups you need every tool in the toolbox (6 moral values)"
The crux of the disagreement between liberals and conservatives
Liberals reject three of these values. "ingroup loyalty, authority/respect and purity/sanctity"
Follow the link below to find out where you fall on the political spectrum.
“There is no such thing as a single issue struggle because we do not live single issue lives” ~Audre Lorde
Different identities come with different privileges and oppressions
Intersectionality – How the combination or intersection of our multiple identities and the privileges and oppressions we experience influence our lives and how we interact with the world
Privilege
A special right, advantage or immunity granted only to a particular person or group
Privilege can be earned, or unearned
Privilege is often invisible (or hard to see) for those who have it
A fish does not always notice all the time that it is in water
We humans often times don’t notice that we are in air
Oppression
Refers to the injustices and disadvantages some individuals or groups suffer as a consequence of intentional or unintentional practices within a society.
The Danger of a Single Story
Definitions:
Centering: The dominant social identities (in power, but not necessarily in numbers) get to establish what we think of as “normal” even if it is not true for the majority of the population. External oppression Comes from outside of yourself. Internalised oppression It comes from external types of oppression. Happens when you start believing (consciously or unconsciously) that the prejudices of external oppression are true for you
Microaggressions a term used for brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioural, or environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative prejudicial slights and insults toward any group, particularly culturally marginalized groups.
Understanding my Privilege:
Definitions to Know:
Meritocracy – The idea that your success in life is based on your ability or how hard you work
Meritocracy does quite work so simply in real life
Types of Oppression
Individual (Conscious/Unconscious)
System (Conscious/Unconscious)
Cultural (Conscious/Unconscious)
The Iceberg of Oppression:
“ism” For something to qualify as an “ism” (e.g., racism, sexism, classism, etc.) it needs to be reinforced by the systemic and cultural layers of oppression on the iceberg.
prejudice
A prejudice is a form of bias or oppression at the individual level, or the top layer of the iceberg of oppression
Reverse Racism:
a perceived prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism on the basis of race directed against a member of a dominant or privileged racial group
The News about the News:
How Fake News Does Real Harm:
5 Tips For Being A Good Ally:
Becoming an Ally and Practicing Allyship
Action: Allyship involves action, support, and solidarity with marginalized groups and anit-oppression moments and movements.
Listening: We respectfully listen to marginalized persons and groups. We work to build mutual trust and consent through our actions, listening, learning and yielding.
Learning: We do the research and the work of learning about privilege and positionality, and historical and contemporary struggles so that we may then work to confront and eradicate them.
Yielding: Practicing allyship means that we are careful to avoid monopolizing, overtaking, speaking for, patronizing, romanticizing, agenda-setting, and so forth. We act, listen, learn, and yield.
Understanding the difference between Equality, Equity, and Liberation:
Equality – Everyone gets the same help because we assume that it is best to treat everyone equally. Equity – Everyone gets the help they needs. We recognize that different people have different needs and levels of ability and power. Liberation – The causes of inequity have been addressed and the systems and cultures that were oppressive have been changed (maybe torn down) so that they are no longer oppressive