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3/3/2013 9:04:25 AM
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Are you concerned about social justice?
It's no secret to most of you that I'm heavily involved in campaigns for equal rights for several disadvantaged groups, chiefly women, people of colour and LGBTQ people. It plays a very large part in my life both on and offline - online in the form of blogging, petitioning, writing to government members and the like, and offline in the form of charity events, donations, counselling and general activism within my community. I feel like these issues are highly important and I want to do my part to both raise awareness and change attitudes in my local community and beyond. It's made me unpopular at times, but it's also incredibly rewarding.
How big a role would you say these issues play in your life? Are you an avid social justice campaigner, someone who couldn't care less, or somewhere in between? Would you be interested in joining local efforts to combat these injustices in your community? Or perhaps you already are involved and have some cool stories to share. Talk about the role social justice has in your life ITT.
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Considering the fact that I'm a white male, I feel pretty left out. I don't get some of the same opportunities that minorities sometimes get, especially when it comes to college scholarships. I'm all for equality for everyone. That's the way it should be. It just seems that in some ways and in some places everyone is so focused on the minority that the (increasingly smaller, it seems) majority is left out. It seems like declaring the fact they are a minority is what makes them the minority, at least in some cases. Race and gender should not be issues at all and everyone should be treated on the basis of their abilities and personalities. Sometimes it seems like the social justice campaigns just emphasize the race and gender issues and marginalize the other issues that I believe are more important. While I believe standing up for the disadvantaged is an extremely honorable thing to do, I think a lot of people take it to the extreme and that is almost never good. That's just my view and I think that what you do is incredible.
