SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUE

Social Justice Issue in Education

Social Justice Issue in Education

Introduction

Social justice is a concept that has appeared in the mid- nineteenth century , referred to situations of social inequality , which defines the search for balance between unequal partners, through the creation of protection or inequality of opposite sign, on behalf of the weakest. Social justice refers directly to the right of the poorest sections of society, especially workers and the enjoyment of social and economic human rights, known as second generation rights, of which no human being should be private (Vincent, 2003). To illustrate the concept is often said that while justice is blind traditional, social justice must take off the blindfold to see reality and make the inequalities that occur in it. In the same vein said that while the justice called "commutative "is the corresponding peer justice" social "is that for unequal.

Nowadays there is a lack of social justice in the educational institutions and educational system. This issue is brought in by the concept of discrimination and biasness as the students of foreign countries are not treated equally with the national citizens of the country in which they are studying. This phenomenon is supported by different factors such as the poor education system of the native country from which the student belongs. The immigrant students are judged mostly on the basis of their aptitude and skills; however, the intrinsic motivation and their thirst to learn are ignored. There are different test that an immigrant needs to qualify in order to get admission in a reputable school or university; this is a crucial criteria to qualify because it might happen that the country from which the student belongs possess an unstable education system. In addition there are several other factors such as gender discrimination, racism and political influence that hinder the process of social justice in the field of education and higher learning.

The idea of ??social justice is aimed at creating the conditions for the development of a sustainable society in economic terms. It includes all the decisions, rules and principles concerned to ensure reasonable working conditions and living decent for the whole population. It also involves the concept of a state asset, removing obstacles to the development of relations on an equal footing (Vincent, 2003). Social justice is an ideal that can only be defined through the concrete fact of social injustice. Several scholars argue that the term 'social justice' corresponds to the " justice distributive "of Aristotle , while the concept of " commutative justice "of Aristotle, corresponds to the classical idea of justice in modern societies (Vincent, 2003). Among the topics of interest to social justice is the social equality, the equality of opportunity, the welfare state, the issue of poverty, the distribution of income, the labor rights and trade union, etc.

Discussion and Analysis

Immigration Issue

American society characterized by cultural diversity and cultural heritage; for him minorities and migrants from all over the world, which contributed greatly to the American ...