The meaning of Social Justice

Your task is to produce a critical assessment of your engagement with social justice over the past two units. How have your views of social justice changed since engaging with the content in Units 1 and 2? Have your assumptions of social justice been challenged? Your critical analysis paper should provide a thorough examination of the concept of social justice and how your engagement with the concept has evolved or changed over the course of Units 1 and 2. Your paper will include a critique and review of academic literature relevant to interrogate the concept of social justice. You should engage critically with the required readings for this unit. Show your knowledge of the course content.
Your paper can be framed in terms of whether and how your views of social justice have changed over the past two units, your awareness of diversity in your community, the extent to which diversity impacts social relationships/organization, or you can examine/interrogate the concept of social justice and what it entails.
In this assignment you will have the opportunity to understand the basic components of social justice and challenge your personal views.

Required Textbok:
Adams, M., Blumenfeld, W.J., Chase, D., Catalo, J., Dejong, K.S., Hackman, H.W., Hopkins, L.E., Love, B.J., Peters, M.L., Schlasko, D., M.L., & Zuniga, X. (2018). Readings for Diversity and Social Justice (4th Edition). New York, NY: Routledge.
-Section 1: Getting Started: Core Concepts For Social Justice Education (pp.1-64) This section is for Unit 1
Section 5: Sexism, Heterosexism, and Trans*Oppression (pp. 341-411) This section is for Unit 2

Choose one from the Unit 1 readings:
West, R.L., (2003). Re-Imagining Justice. Progressive Interpretations of Formal Equality, Rights, and the Rule of Law. Georgetown University Law Centre. Ashgate.
Gilbert, S. (2017, October 16). The Movement of #MeToo. The Atlantic.

Choose 2 readings from the Unit 2 readings given below:
Assis, M.E. (2003). Men, masculinity, and the contexts of help seeking. American Psychologist, 58(1), 5-14.
Balfour, G., & Comack, E. (2014). Criminalizing Women. Gender and (In)Justice in Neoliberal Times, 2nd Edition. Black Point, NS.: Fernwood Publishing. ISBN: 9781552666821
Davis, G. (2015). Contesting Intersex: The Dubious Diagnosis. New York: New York University Press.
Friedman, M., & Gordezky, R. (2001). A Holistic Approach to Gender Equality and Social Justice. OD Practitioner, 43(1), 11-16.
Hillman, T. (2008). Intersex: For Lack of a Better Word. San Francisco: Manic D. Press.
Mahony, T.H. (2017). Women and the Criminal Justice System. In Women in Canada: A Gender-based Statistical Report.
Rao, A., & Kelleher, S. (2005). Is there life after gender mainstreaming? Gender and Development, 13(2), 57-69. Doi:10.1080/13552070512331332287. Alternate Link.
Wilber, K. (1996). A brief history of everything. Boston, MA: Shambhala. This book is available in print from the RRU Library (BF1999 .W5577 2000)

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