How Does African Americans Deserve Social Justice

At the age of 7, barely familiar with the US, I was already being told that because I was African American I would have to be more cautious. An innocent, clueless little girl I was back then, did not comprehend any of those words. But they started to manifest later, in the coming years, especially from where my mother fell victim to prejudice and racism. She was a victim to it several times, and the one that stood out the most was the one that depleted her of all her fight. A Congolese-born native, my mother had been strong. She moved to America and worked hard to become a nurse, where the years spent improving her English and surviving the struggles of immigration ultimately lead her to success. Yet with each job she encountered, she was treated unfairly by her coworkers and bosses. Her mistakes were punished more harshly than others. When nurses slipped up on giving the correct amount of medication, they might have been punished with the intent that they 'd still keep their jobs. But if my mother was off by a lesser amount, she received a lot more criticism, and even subjected …show more content…
Social Justice is this concept where African Americans and all other races should be equal in every aspect. There shouldn’t have to be a preset standard for African Americans. We shouldn’t have to live in fear that our reputation can be threatened. We should be respected like all other races and treated equally. Our mistakes shouldn’t be punished more heavily, our flaws shouldn’t be used as excuses to demean us or defines who we are, because in every step of the way, our race isn’t any more better or worse than whites. We’re equal and we can be just as successful and capable as any other race out there. Social Justice is equality for all races and to show that any race is just as deserving. As an African American girl who’s grown up seeing some of the injust towards my family, I’ll say with strong faith that we deserve social