Shades Of Injustice Analysis

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Shades of Injustice The difference between right and wrong is about as clear as mud; one person’s right decision may be a wrong decision to another person. In fact, there may be no right and wrong decisions, but rather decisions made based upon survival. When circumstances change, the decisions that would normally be made must also be changed to conform to the circumstance, shifting down a spectrum of shades of gray. When an individual loses control of their destiny, decisions that seem black and white suddenly enter into this gray area, but an outsider looking in may still see everything as black and white. This individual’s responsibility is to discern the shades of gray that create the black and white, to truly observe where the injustice …show more content…
As an individual not in that circumstance, the ability to only see black and white may cloud their judgement. However, the true injustice is not merely the corporations taking over, or insignificant slights made by those just trying to live, but rather the lack of compassion and humanity, Instead of fear, anger should overtake them, and a war against humanity should be waged. Until the bombs of fear and anger stop exploding, the “spirit has not died” and the people will not die either; but war cannot be waged by one lone bomb, and change cannot be enacted by one voice alone, and thus bombs must explode and “fill the country” just as the decay has (205, 476-477). The people must be united by pure humanity, which includes those who are being exploited by the major corporations. They must think not of themselves as individuals, but as one part of a whole, Their mindset must be that this is not merely “[their] land, but ours” and do for the good of the majority rather than the good of the few (205). Still, the most imperative responsibility an individual has to confronting injustice is knowledge; knowing when, where, and how to confront those who slight them is only the first battle of the

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