In a time where the United States is run by a racist and misogynist, social justice has taken a turn to extremism - but is anybody listening to them?
Social justice has mutated into a weird form of screaming and arguing your beliefs into the void, but it isn’t helping anybody. What was once an important tool for changing minds and laws has become overkill and is often having the opposite effect. People involved in today’s social justice attack rather than educate. They are never going to change minds and ideals if they yell at others with opposing beliefs. It simply makes the opposing side hate social justice beliefs. The simple fact is, nobody likes to be called a racist, even if they are one.
I love that we are more open about calling out bigotry in our society. It’s a good thing to show the next generation that we do not tolerate or excuse such behavior. However, when it comes to changing problematic mindsets, we need to approach it in a …show more content…
The study consisted of asking leading questions to people in order to have them think in a different light. For example, they asked questions such as “Why do you sympathize with the feelings of some men that women are better kept barefoot and pregnant?” to women who said they supported traditional gender roles. The women wound up changing their beliefs, even if slightly, from when they started the study (Swann, et al. 1988,ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved Oct. 28, 2017).
If the new social justice movement truly wanted to change people’s perspectives on issues, they wouldn’t yell mindlessly at each other. They would be more resourceful and less chauvinistic. We must rise above the ones who yell mindlessly at us and counter their mindlessness with maturity. As my favorite Michelle Obama quote says, “when they go low, we go high.” For social justice, this is the time to go
Social justice has mutated into a weird form of screaming and arguing your beliefs into the void, but it isn’t helping anybody. What was once an important tool for changing minds and laws has become overkill and is often having the opposite effect. People involved in today’s social justice attack rather than educate. They are never going to change minds and ideals if they yell at others with opposing beliefs. It simply makes the opposing side hate social justice beliefs. The simple fact is, nobody likes to be called a racist, even if they are one.
I love that we are more open about calling out bigotry in our society. It’s a good thing to show the next generation that we do not tolerate or excuse such behavior. However, when it comes to changing problematic mindsets, we need to approach it in a …show more content…
The study consisted of asking leading questions to people in order to have them think in a different light. For example, they asked questions such as “Why do you sympathize with the feelings of some men that women are better kept barefoot and pregnant?” to women who said they supported traditional gender roles. The women wound up changing their beliefs, even if slightly, from when they started the study (Swann, et al. 1988,ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved Oct. 28, 2017).
If the new social justice movement truly wanted to change people’s perspectives on issues, they wouldn’t yell mindlessly at each other. They would be more resourceful and less chauvinistic. We must rise above the ones who yell mindlessly at us and counter their mindlessness with maturity. As my favorite Michelle Obama quote says, “when they go low, we go high.” For social justice, this is the time to go