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Social Injustice is a concept relating to the perceived unfairness or injustice
Justice

Justice is the concept of morality rightness based on ethics, rationality, law, natural law, fairness and equity."...
 of a society
Society

A society is a group of humans characterized by patterns of relationships between individuals that share a distinctive culture and/or institutions....
 in its divisions of rewards and burdens. The concept is distinct from those of justice in law
LAW

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, which may or may not be considered moral in practice. Opposition to social injustice is increasingly a platform of emerging political parties
Political party

A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain and maintain politics power within government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns....
. Social Injustice arises when equals are treated unequally and unequals are treated equally.






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Social Injustice is a concept relating to the perceived unfairness or injustice
Justice

Justice is the concept of morality rightness based on ethics, rationality, law, natural law, fairness and equity."...
 of a society
Society

A society is a group of humans characterized by patterns of relationships between individuals that share a distinctive culture and/or institutions....
 in its divisions of rewards and burdens. The concept is distinct from those of justice in law
LAW

LAW may refer to:* Anti-tank warfare, e.g. the US Army M72 LAW or the British Army LAW 80*Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights ...
, which may or may not be considered moral in practice. Opposition to social injustice is increasingly a platform of emerging political parties
Political party

A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain and maintain politics power within government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns....
. Social Injustice arises when equals are treated unequally and unequals are treated equally. ()

Historically, Author
Author

An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created....
s have used literature
Literature

Literature is the art of written works. Literally translated, the word means "acquaintance with letters" . In Western culture the most basic written literary types include fiction and non-fiction....
 to denounce or to satirize perceived social injustices in their societies. Some examples are Jane Austen
Jane Austen

Jane Austen was an English novelist whose Literary realism, biting social commentary and masterful use of free indirect speech, Burlesque , and irony have earned her a place as one of the most widely read and most beloved writers in English literature....
, Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens, Royal Society of Arts , pen-name "Boz", was the most popular English people novelist of the Victorian era, as well as a vigorous Reform movement....
, Dario Fo
Dario Fo

Dario Fo is an Italy Satire, playwright, theater director, actor, and composer. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1997 and in 2007 he was ranked Joint Seventh with Stephen Hawking in The The Daily Telegraph's list of 100 greatest living geniuses....
, Minfong Ho
Minfong Ho

Minfong Ho is an award-winning Chinese American writer. Her works frequently deal with the lives of people living in poverty in Southeast Asian countries....
, Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo

Victor-Marie Hugo was a France poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights activist and exponent of the Romanticism movement in France....
, James A. Michener
James A. Michener

James Albert Michener was an United States author of more than 40 titles, the majority of which are novels of sweeping sagas, covering the lives of many generations in a particular geographic locale and incorporating historical facts into the story as well....
, Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter

Harold Pinter, Companion of Honour, Order of the British Empire , an English people playwright, screenwriter, actor, Theatre director, poet, author, political activist, and the 2005 Nobel Prize in Literature, was at the time of his death considered by many "the most influential and imitated dramatist of his generation."...
, Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair

Upton Sinclair, Jr. , was a Pulitzer Prize-winning prolific United States author who wrote over 90 books in many genres and was widely considered to be one of the best investigators advocating Socialism views....
, Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Beecher Stowe was an abolitionist, whose novel Uncle Tom's Cabin depicted life for African-Americans under slavery; it reached millions as a novel and play, and became influential in the U.S....
, and Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish people playwright, Irish poetry and author of numerous short stories and one novel. Known for his biting wit, he became one of the most successful playwrights of the late Victorian era in London, and one of the greatest Celebrity of his day....
 and George Orwell
George Orwell

Eric Arthur Blair , better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an England author. His work is marked by a profound consciousness of social injustice, an intense dislike of totalitarianism, and a passion for clarity in language....
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Social injustice is caused by certain barriers that prevent full social justice. Some of the major barriers include: Prejudice
Prejudice

The word prejudice refers to prejudgment: making a decision about before becoming aware of the relevant facts of a case or event. The word has commonly been used in certain restricted contexts, in the expression 'racial prejudice'....
, Discrimination
Discrimination

Discrimination toward or against a person or group is the treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit. It is usually associated with prejudice....
, Oppression
Oppression

Oppression is the use of social power to disempower, marginalize, silence or otherwise subordinate one social group or category, often in order to further empower and/or privilege the oppressor....
, Racism
Racism

Racism, by its simplest definition is the belief that Race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race....
, Sexism
Sexism

Sexism, a term coined in the late 20th century, refers to the belief or attitude that one gender or sex is inferior to or less valuable than the other....
, Heterosexism
Heterosexism

Heterosexism is a term that applies to negative Attitude , bias, and discrimination in favor of opposite-sex sexuality and relationships. It can include the presumption that everyone is Heterosexuality or that opposite-sex attractions and relationships are the norm and therefore superior....
, Classism
Classism

Classism is prejudice and/or discrimination on the basis of socioeconomic class. Like all forms of prejudice and discrimination it goes both ways....
, Ableism
Ableism

Ableism is a neologism of United States coinage, since about 1981. It is used to describe discrimination against people with disabilities in favor of people who are not disabled....
, Ageism
Ageism

Ageism refers to the stereotyping of and discrimination against individuals or groups because of their age. It is a set of beliefs, attitudes, norms, and values used to justify age based prejudice and discrimination....
, Anti-semitism
Anti-Semitism

Antisemitism is prejudice against or hostility towards Jews.This prejudice or hostility is usually characterized by a combination of Religion, Race , cultural and ethnic group biases....
. In order to fully overcome social injustice these barriers must be removed from our society and differences must be embraced.

See also

  • Social justice
    Social justice

    Social justice, sometimes called civil justice, refers to the concept of a society in which justice is achieved in every aspect of society, rather than merely the administration of law....
  • Social issues in the United States
    Social issues in the United States

    Social issues are matters which directly or indirectly affect many or all members of a society and are considered to be problems, controversies related to moral values, or both....
  • Morality
    Morality

    Morality has three principal meanings.In its first, descriptive usage, morality means a code of conduct which is held to be authoritative in matters of right and wrong....
  • Human Rights
    Human rights

    Human rights refer to the "basic rights and freedom to which all humans are entitled." Examples of rights and freedoms which have come to be commonly thought of as human rights include civil and political rights, such as the right to life and liberty, freedom of speech, and equality before the law; and social, cultural and economic rights, i...


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